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.
Om nu Vrijdag eenigzins te doen begrijpen wat ik doen wilde, wees ik hem den vogel, dat een papegaai was, schoon ik dien eerst voor een havik hield, en op mijn geweer en op den grond onder den boom, om hem te doen begrijpen, dat ik dien vogel uit den boom zou schieten. Daarop schoot ik en de vogel viel.