By-and-by I saw a great fowl, like a hawk, sitting upon a tree within shot; so, to let Friday understand a little what I would do, I called him to me again, pointed at the fowl, which was indeed a parrot, though I thought it had been a hawk; I say, pointing to the parrot, and to my gun, and to the ground under the parrot, to let him see I would make it fall, I made him understand that I would shoot and kill that bird; accordingly, I fired, and bade him look, and immediately he saw the parrot fall.
Tandis qu'il s'émerveillait et cherchait à voir comment cet animal avait été tué, je rechargeai mon fusil, et au même instant j'apperçus, perché sur un arbre à portée de mousquet, un grand oiseau semblable à un faucon. Afin que Vendredi comprît un peu ce que j'allais faire, je le rappelai vers moi en lui montrant l'oiseau; c'était, au fait, un perroquet, bien que je l'eusse pris pour un faucon.