That evil influence which carryed me first away from my father s house , that hurried me into the wild and indigested notion of raising my fortune ; and that imprest those conceits so forcibly upon me , as to make me deaf to all good advice , and to the entreaties and even command of my father : i say the same influence , whatever it was , presented the most unfortunate of all enterprises to my view ; and i went on board a vessel bound to the coast of africa ; or , as our sailors vulgarly call it , a voyage to guinea 这种念头，根深蒂固，竟使我对一切忠告充耳不闻，对父亲的恳求和严命置若罔闻。我是说，现在，又正是这同一种邪恶的力量-不管这是一种什么力量，使我开始了一种最不幸的冒险事业。我踏上了一艘驶往非洲海岸的船用水手们的俗话说，到几内亚去！
