Already, forgetting his carnivorous instincts, the stranger accepted a less bestial nourishment than that on which he fed on the islet, and cooked meat did not produce in him the same sentiment of repulsion which he had showed on board the "Bonadventure."
Lassacskán levetkőzte ragadozóösztönét, idővel kevésbé állatias eledeleket is elfogyasztott, mint amilyenekkel a Tabor-szigeten táplálkozott, és a sült hústól sem undorodott már annyira, mint a Bonadventure fedélzetén.