not appear by sunrise and should stop his howling, which we still heard, that he would prove to be dead; and if that happened to be the case, we resolved to stay on the island, and not to risk our lives upon the rafts. But day had scarcely appeared, when we perceived our cruel enemy, accompanied by two others, almost of the same size, leading him; and a great number more coming at a quick pace.
We hurried to take to our rafts, and put to sea with all the speed we could. The giants, on seeing this, took up great stones, and running to the shore, entered the water up to the middle, and threw so exactly that they sunk all the rafts but that I was upon; and all my companions, except the two with me, were drowned. We rowed with all our might, and at last got out of reach of the giants. But out at sea we were exposed to the mercy of the waves and winds, and spent that day and the following night under the most painful conditions. But next morning we had the good fortune to be thrown upon an island, where we landed with much joy. Here we found excellent fruit, which recruited our strength.
At night we went to sleep on the seashore; but we were awakened by the noise of a serpent of surprising length and thickness, whose scales made a rustling noise as he wound himself along. It swallowed up one of my comrades, notwithstanding his loud cries, and the efforts he made to escape; dashing him several times against the ground, it crushed him, and we could hear it gnaw and tear the poor
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