This is Robinson Crusoe's man, whom he named Friday, because he fell
in with him on that day of the week. When Man Friday first saw
Robinson Crusoe, he offered to be his servant; he was accepted as
such, and Crusoe found him very useful, for having been born in that
desolate country where Crusoe had been cast away, he was well
acquainted with the forms and customs of the neighboring
inhabitants, as well as with all the secret caverns and other
mysterious places upon the islands.
He also relieved the solitude of poor Crusoe much; for man, even
though he choose the life of a Hermit, soon finds that the society
of his fellows is necessary to his happiness, and that the words of
the Almighty are as true now as in the beginning--"It is not good
for man to be alone."
[Illustration: INDUSTRIOUS JANE.]