These things, and the approach of night, called us off, or else, as Friday would have had us, we should certainly have taken the skin of this monstrous creature off, which was worth saving; but we had near three leagues to go, and our guide hastened us; so we left him, and went forward on our journey.
De bedenking hiervan en dat het duister werd, riep ons van daar, anders hadden wij zeker, gelijk Vrijdag begeerde, dien monsterachtigen beer de huid afgestroopt, die het wel waard was, doch wij hadden nog drie mijlen af te leggen en onze gids haastte ons; dus lieten wij hem liggen en vervolgden onze reis.