He had no sooner given his father these raisins but I saw him come out of the boat, and run away as if he had been bewitched, for he was the swiftest fellow on his feet that ever I saw: I say, he ran at such a rate that he was out of sight, as it were, in an instant; and though I called, and hallooed out too after him, it was all one—away he went; and in a quarter of an hour I saw him come back again, though not so fast as he went; and as he came nearer I found his pace slacker, because he had something in his hand.
Maar naauwelijks had hij dit gedaan, of ik zag hem uit de kanoe springen en wegloopen alsof hij dol was. Hij liep zoo vlug (ik heb nimmer iemand gezien, die zoo snel kon loopen als hij) dat hij in een oogenblik uit het gezigt was, en of ik hem toeriep en naschreeuwde, het hielp niet.