The Sun. — 1824-10-29 (London, England)

ALEK. ANDER SELKIRK undoubtly gave to DE-Fos not only the idea, but even furnished him with the outline of his admired Adventures of iiebituoti Crusoer I beg leave to send you the following account of the unfortunate Scotsman, whose story was originally published in the Voyage of WooDE9 ROGERS) who brought him back to England in the year 1711 in consequence of a serious misunderstanding with his Captain, he chose to be put ashore on the island of Juan Fernandez. The re was left with him on this uninhabited spot his sea chi!si, 'his clothing and bedding, a musket, one pound of powder, a large quantity of bullets, flint and stfsel,s, knife, a kettle, a few pounds of tobacco, a hatchet, a bible, and some other religious books. To these were added his mathematical instruments, and pieces concerning navigation. The resentment he felt against his captain, by whom he had been ill-used, made him rejoice at the present change, until the moment when the ship put off, for then he felt concerned at parting with his companions, and shrunk from' the idea of spending his life in complete solitude. He was in no fear of wanting food, for the island a bounded in gouts, cats, and rats ; but he first gathered nourishment from shell-fish on the shore, and more especially from turtles, •which he found in great abundance, and on, which he fed with pleasure, until it disagreed with his stomach, except when made into jelly. The search for food, and the gratificatiOn 'of hunger. and thirst, were his only provisions in his lonely condition ; but when these were satisfied, then did he feel most forcibly the loneliness of his situation, and most anxiously desire once more to behold the face of a human creature. lie grew melancholy and dejected, and frequently fell upon the point of committing suicide, until the force of reason, and by frequently reading the Scriptures, and applying himself to the study of navigation, when he had spent eighteen months upon the island, he grew quite reconciled to his situation ; this change in his ideas, together with the serenity of the sky, and the beauty of the climate, now rendered his existence the happiest upon earth. He now devoted leis time to• the building of a hut, which he spent much time in embellishing, and amused himself in attacking the sea monsters which often visited the shore. To provide against want of food in case of illness, he lamed young kids, so thnt they could not stray far from his hut, nor-ever be able to recover their natural speed. He kept these in great abundance about his hut ; and such, was the degree of swiftness he acquired, that he could easily catch a goat that ran up a hill at' full speed, but never when they ran down any abrupt declivity.  . , His greatest annoyance was from ratsocifich at one lime filled his humble habitation', gnawing not only his clothes, but even his feet 'Bo'he lay ast.ep. In order to procure a guardagainst these unpleasant visitors, he nursed and 'tamed a great number of kittens, which kept witch around his bed, and protected him .from h's impudent and voracious enemies. Against sea-lions, some of which, he said, had jaws capable of seizing, and tails equal to breaking the limbs of any'rnan, he waged a:more dangerous, but nn equally, success. ful war. Full of spirits and of activity, by actfug with a little coolness and prudence, lie was enabled' to kill them without much difficulty.— As he had remarked that hoWever formidable the jaws and tails of these animals might be, they could not turn round without:great labour ; placing himself in the middle, and as-close to them as he could, he might easily dispatch them With his hatchet. The howlings of these mon. sters he represents as having at first tilled hii mind with horror, yet when'habit had reconfiled him to these discordant sounds, he listened to them with no small degree of pleasure. When all his articles of dress were worn outs he made himself new cloathes, by.ta4ing together the skins of goats, which ire had 'previously made thoroughly dry. But he bail, moreover, accustomed himself to ramble through woods, bushes,iilad. and briars; as fearlessly as any ' other a  During the whole period of his residence in this island, including a space of tour yOart and  four months, he etijoy NI uninterrupted good health, and met with only one serious accident.  In pursuing a goat on the summit of u hill, he made a sudden stretch at the animal, which falling down a lofty precipice, carried him along with her. There he lay senseless for the space of three days, which he ascertained was the case, by observing the growth of the moon since his last observations.  titiptiepnpyh_i s ahialndhsis. is life e healionvodyting, fishing, and so Tdehluigsirtafsuleddiclll tc:dpeeaorf xmil:tietilleo: nowtt' ; anda p other'Apliegialhrti'sitsal: nlajetitturYtesigenutinwieledenr: eutestv,uet:r. olbeiceacu(slUpgniteShd his time, and at stated tittles he regularly read out of his religious' books ; this he always performed aloud, in ordet not to lose the faculty of speech. in short, such was the happiness he enjoyed, that when the ship which brought him oil the island made her appearance, though he experienced great flTetifsef t great cti o ati indifference re nmore ce atthe i conversing,sp,t o with men, acef), companying them, which he was, however, persuaded to do. lle was • heard often to lament his return into society, in which he could n" find the enjoyments and the tranquillity of his solitude. - A. P.