feeble arms; then he wept, then he laughed, and then

he fainted.

This was a consummation that took Crusoe quite

aback. Never having seen his master in such a state

before he seemed to think at first that he was playing

some trick, for he bounded round him, and barked, and

wagged his tail. But as Dick lay quite still and

motionless, he went forward with a look of alarm;

snuffed him once or twice, and whined piteously; then

he raised his nose in the air and uttered a long melancholy