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Crusoe, having some money in his pockets, decided to travel to London by land His dedsion was based partly on the fact that he was ashamed to go Home and face his parents and tliat his neighbors miglit laugh at him. In London, he became morę and morę reluctant to go home and soon put all notion of ret u mi ng out of his mind.

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In London, it was his lot to fali in willi some good company. One person he met was the master of a sliip which was about to go to the Guinea coast of Africa for trading. The master took a fancy toyoung Crusoe and told him that he could come along at no expense. Thus, Crusoe entered "into a strict friendship with tłiis captain, who was an honest and plain dealing man." On this first voyage, Crusoe carried forty pounds with him, which was invested in toys and trifles for trading. Tliis was one of the most successful voyages that he ever had sińce he was able to trade liis trifles for five pounds, nine ounces of gold dust, which yielded tliree hundred pounds.

After they retumed to London, his friend, the captain, fell ill and died. Crusoe decided to go on his own again to the Guinea coast and took the other hundred pounds with him, leaving two hundred pounds with the captain's widów for safe keeping. This trip, however, was plagued with misfortiuie from the first. As the ship approached the Canary Islands, a Turkish Rover out of Sallee approached them in order to pirate them. They tried to give fight, but their ship had much less figliting equipment and not nearly as many men. The result was tliat the ship was captured and Crusoe was taken prisoner and carried to the port of Sallee.

Crusoe was not used as badly as were the other members of the crew. He was kept by the master of the ship and was madę the master's personal slave. Thus, in a short time, Crusoe changed from a merchant to a "miserable slave." While his new master kept him on the shore to tend to liis honse when he went sailing, Crusoe constandy thought of his liberty, and, after about twoyears, he began to design possible means of escape.

When the master would go fishing, he would always take Crusoe and "a young Maresco" with liim to row. Crusoe also proved to be an excellent fisherman and was often instructed to catch a mess of fish for liis master. Once when they were out fishing, diey were cauglit in a fog and lost their way. Using this as an example, the master had die skiff provided with food and water and also some firearms.