I hung my great sword, as usual, naked by my side, and gave Friday his hatchet. When I had thus prepared myself, I took my perspective glass, and went up to the side of the hill, to see what I could discover; and I found quickly by my glass that there were one-and-twenty savages, three prisoners, and three canoes; and that their whole business seemed to be the triumphant banquet upon these three human bodies: a barbarous feast, indeed! but nothing more than, as I had observed, was usual with them.
Jól látszott, hogy most sincs más céljuk, mint bármikor korábban, vagyis barbár lakomát akarnak ülni, amelyen megeszik a foglyaikat. Azt is megfigyeltem, hogy nem ott szálltak partra, ahol három évvel korábban, hanem közelebb a patakoz, ahol alacsony volt a part, és a sűrű erdős rész majdnem a víz széléig ért.