And I must not forget that we had in the ship a dog and two cats, of whose eminent history I may have occasion to say something in its place; for I carried both the cats with me; and as for the dog, he jumped out of the ship of himself, and swam on shore to me the day after I went on shore with my first cargo, and was a trusty servant to me many years; I wanted nothing that he could fetch me, nor any company that he could make up to me; I only wanted to have him talk to me, but that would not do.
Nè tralascerò che avevamo nei nostro vascello un cane e due gatti, su l’eminente storia delle quali bestie mi accade qui il fare alcun cenno. I gatti me li portai entrambi meco nella prima zattera, e quanto al cane salto fuori del vascello da sè, e venne a cercarmi a nuoto fin su la spiaggia il giorno dopo che ci arrivai col mio primo carico.