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.
Or sedeasi accanto a suo padre e sostenendo il vecchio capo sul nudo suo seno, teneaselo per più minuti, simile ad una madre che tiene il suo pargoletto; or prendendone le braccia o le gambe illividite ed intormentite per le giunture le stropicciava, e le riscaldava colle sue mani. Ed io avendo conosciuto la cagione del suo male, diedi al mio servo del rum, per potere con esso soffregare le assiderate membra di suo padre; la qual cosa gli apporto non poco giovamento.