My next work was to view the country , and seek a proper place for my habitation , and where to stow my goods to secure them from whatever might happen ; where i was i yet knew not , whether on the continent or on an island , whether inhabited or not inhabited , whether in danger of wild beasts or not : there was a hill not above a mile from me , which rose up very steep and high , and which seem d to over - top some other hills which lay as in a ridge from it northward ; i took out one of the fowling pieces , and one of the pistols , and an horn of powder , and thus arm d i travell d for discovery up to the top of that hill , where after i had with great labour and difficulty got to the top , i saw my fate to my great affliction , viz 有了上次的经验，我不再把木排做得像第一个那么笨重了，也不再装那么多货物了，但还是运回了许多有用的东西。首先，我在木匠舱房里找到了三袋钉子和螺丝钉，一把大钳子，二十来把小斧，尤其有用的是一个磨刀砂轮。我把这些东西都安放在一起，再拿了一些炮手用的物品，特别是两三只起货用的铁钩，两桶枪弹，七支短枪一支鸟枪，还有一小堆火药，一大袋小子弹，还有一大卷铅皮。
