But this was not all; for now I not only had goat’s flesh to feed on when I pleased, but milk too—a thing which, indeed, in the beginning, I did not so much as think of, and which, when it came into my thoughts, was really an agreeable surprise, for now I set up my dairy, and had sometimes a gallon or two of milk in a day. And as Nature, who gives supplies of food to every creature, dictates even naturally how to make use of it, so I, that had never milked a cow, much less a goat, or seen butter or cheese made only when I was a boy, after a great many essays and miscarriages, made both butter and cheese at last, also salt (though I found it partly made to my hand by the heat of the sun upon some of the rocks of the sea), and never wanted it afterwards.
Doch dit was niet alles, want niet alleen dat ik nu als ik het verlangde geitenvleesch had, maar ik had ook melk, iets waaraan ik in den beginne zelfs niet gedacht had, en dat later mij eene aangename verrassing was, want ik had soms tien of twaalf pinten melk per dag; en daar de natuur als zij ons iets schenkt, ons gewoonlijk het ook leert gebruiken, zoo bragt ik het eindelijk zoo ver, hoewel ik nimmer eene koe of geit gemolken had, noch boter of kaas ooit had zien maken, dat ik, schoon na vele mislukte proeven, eindelijk boter en kaas maakte, en er naderhand nimmer gebrek aan had.