I had all my first pains ; my throat was so sore I could scarce swallow ; I had a fit of strong shuddering , which clucked my teeth together ; and there came on me that dreadful sense of illness , which we have no name for either in Scotch or English . I thought I should have died , and made my peace with God , forgiving all men , even my uncle and the fishers ; and as soon as I had thus made up my mind to the worst , clearness came upon me ; I observed the night was falling dry ; my clothes were dried a good deal ; truly , I was in a better case than ever before , since I had landed on the isle ; and so I got to sleep at last , with a thought of gratitude . The next day -LRB- which was the fourth of this horrible life of mine -RRB- I found my bodily strength run very low . But the sun shone , the air was sweet , and what I managed to eat of the shell-fish agreed well with me and revived my courage . I was scarce back on my rock -LRB- where I went always the first thing after I had eaten -RRB- before I observed a boat coming down the Sound , and with her head , as I thought , in my direction . I began at once to hope and fear exceedingly ; for I thought these men might have thought better of their cruelty and be coming back to my assistance . But another disappointment , such as yesterday 's , was more than I could bear . I turned my back , accordingly , upon the sea , and did not look again till I had counted many hundreds . The boat was still heading for the island . The next time I counted the full thousand , as slowly as I could , my heart beating so as to hurt me . And then it was out of all question . She was coming straight to Earraid ! I could no longer hold myself back , but ran to the seaside and out , from one rock to another , as far as I could go . It is a marvel I was not drowned ; for when I was brought to a stand at last , my legs shook under me , and my mouth was so dry , I must wet it with the sea-water before I was able to shout . All this time the boat was coming on ; and now I was able to perceive it was the same boat and the same two men as yesterday . This I knew by their hair , which the one had of a bright yellow and the other black . But now there was a third man along with them , who looked to be of a better class . As soon as they were come within easy speech , they let down their sail and lay quiet . In spite of my supplications , they drew no nearer in , and what frightened me most of all , the new man tee-hee 'd with laughter as he talked and looked at me . Then he stood up in the boat and addressed me a long while , speaking fast and with many wavings of his hand .
I told him I had no Gaelic ; and at this he became very angry , and I began to suspect he thought he was talking XXXXX .
Earraid English drowned first fourth night sea-water supplications third wavings