My patron lying at home longer than usual without fitting out his ship, which, as I heard, was for want of money, he used constantly, once or twice a week, sometimes oftener if the weather was fair, to take the ship’s pinnace and go out into the road a-fishing; and as he always took me and young Maresco with him to row the boat, we made him very merry, and I proved very dexterous in catching fish; insomuch that sometimes he would send me with a Moor, one of his kinsmen, and the youth—the Maresco, as they called him—to catch a dish of fish for him.
Ilyenkor, ha szép volt az idő, hetente egy-két ízben vagy gyakrabban is a hajó csónakján halászni indultunk a révbe. Egy fiatal mór és én eveztünk, s uram olyannyira megkedvelt a horgászatban tanúsított ügyességem miatt, hogy később egyik rokonával és a mór fiúval együtt is elengedett, hogy halat fogjunk neki.