Iwasextremelytired, andwiththat, andtheheatoftheweather, andabouthalfapintofbrandythatIdrankasIlefttheship, , whichwasveryshortandsoft, whereIsleptsounderthaneverIrememberedtohavedoneinmylife, and, asIreckoned, aboutninehours; forwhenIawaked, , butwasnotabletostir: for, asIhappenedtolieonmyback, Ifoundmyarmsandlegswerestronglyfastenedoneachsidetotheground; andmyhair, whichwaslongandthick, , ; thesunbegantogrowhot, ; butinthepostureIlay, , whichadvancinggentlyforwardovermybreast, camealmostuptomychin; when, bendingmyeyesdownwardsasmuchasIcould, Iperceivedittobeahumancreaturenotsixincheshigh, withabowandarrowinhishands, , Ifeltatleastfortymoreofthesamekind (asIconjectured) , androaredsoloud, thattheyallranbackinafright; andsomeofthem, asIwasafterwardstold, , theysoonreturned, andoneofthem, whoventuredsofarastogetafullsightofmyface, liftinguphishandsandeyesbywayofadmiration, criedoutinashrillbutdistinctvoice, HEKINAHDEGUL: theothersrepeatedthesamewordsseveraltimes, , asthereadermaybelieve, , strugglingtogetloose, Ihadthefortunetobreakthestrings, andwrenchoutthepegsthatfastenedmyleftarmtotheground; for, byliftingituptomyface, Idiscoveredthemethodstheyhadtakentobindme, andatthesametimewithaviolentpull, whichgavemeexcessivepain, Ialittleloosenedthestringsthattieddownmyhairontheleftside, , beforeIcouldseizethem; whereupontherewasagreatshoutinaveryshrillaccent, andafteritceasedIheardoneofthemcryaloudTOLGOPHONAC; wheninaninstantIfeltaboveahundredarrowsdischargedonmylefthand, which, prickedmelikesomanyneedles; andbesides, theyshotanotherflightintotheair, aswedobombsinEurope, whereofmany, Isuppose, fellonmybody, (thoughIfeltthemnot), andsomeonmyface, , Ifellagroaningwithgriefandpain; andthenstrivingagaintogetloose, theydischargedanothervolleylargerthanthefirst, andsomeofthemattemptedwithspearstostickmeinthesides; butbygoodluckIhadonabuffjerkin, , andmydesignwastocontinuesotillnight, when, mylefthandbeingalreadyloose, Icouldeasilyfreemyself: andasfortheinhabitants, IhadreasontobelieveImightbeamatchforthegreatestarmytheycouldbringagainstme, , theydischargednomorearrows; but, bythenoiseIheard, Iknewtheirnumbersincreased; andaboutfouryardsfromme, overagainstmyrightear, Iheardaknockingforaboveanhour, likethatofpeopleatwork; whenturningmyheadthatway, aswellasthepegsandstringswouldpermitme, Isawastageerectedaboutafootandahalffromtheground, capableofholdingfouroftheinhabitants, withtwoorthreeladderstomountit: fromwhenceoneofthem, whoseemedtobeapersonofquality, mademealongspeech, , thatbeforetheprincipalpersonbeganhisoration, hecriedoutthreetimes, LANGRODEHULSAN (thesewordsandtheformerwereafterwardsrepeatedandexplainedtome); whereupon, immediately, aboutfiftyoftheinhabitantscameandcutthestringsthatfastenedtheleftsideofmyhead, whichgavemethelibertyofturningittotheright, andofobservingthepersonandgestureofhimthatwastospeak.
