“It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.”

—  Daniel Defoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.

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