So, after some days, I took Friday to work again by way of discourse, and told him I would give him a boat to go back to his own nation; and, accordingly, I carried him to my frigate, which lay on the other side of the island, and having cleared it of water (for I always kept it sunk in water), I brought it out, showed it him, and we both went into it. I found he was a most dexterous fellow at managing it, and would make it go almost as swift again as I could.
Je le menai par conséquent vers ma petite frégate, amarrée de l'autre côté de l'île; puis, l'ayant vidée,--car je la tenais toujours enfoncée sous l'eau,--je la mis à flot, je la lui fis voir, et nous y entrâmes touts les deux. Je vis que c'était un compagnon fort adroit à la manœuvre: il la faisait courir aussi rapidement et plus habilement que je ne l'eusse pu faire.