It is not easy for me to express how it moved me to see what ecstasy and filial affection had worked in this poor savage at the sight of his father, and of his being delivered from death; nor indeed can I describe half the extravagances of his affection after this: for he went into the boat and out of the boat a great many times: when he went in to him he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom for many minutes together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and chafed and rubbed them with his hands; and I, perceiving what the case was, gave him some rum out of my bottle to rub them with, which did them a great deal of good.
Il se jeta dans la pirogue et en ressortit je ne sais combien de fois. Quand il y entrait il s'asseyait auprès de son père, il se découvrait la poitrine, et, pour le ranimer, il lui tenait la tête appuyée contre son sein des demi-heures entières; puis il prenait ses bras, ses jambes, engourdis et roidis par les liens, les réchauffait et les frottait avec ses mains, et moi, ayant vu cela, je lui donnai du _rum_ de ma bouteille pour faire des frictions, qui eurent un excellent effet.