Within-doors, that is when it rained and I could not go out, I found employment in the following occupations—always observing, that all the while I was at work I diverted myself with talking to my parrot, and teaching him to speak; and I quickly taught him to know his own name, and at last to speak it out pretty loud, “Poll,” which was the first word I ever heard spoken in the island by any mouth but my own.
Beszédre oktattam a papagájom, viszonylag hamar megtanítottam, hogy ráismerjen a nevére, és végül hangosan ki is mondta azt. - Pol! - kiáltotta. Ez volt az első szó, amit a szigeten nem a magam szájából hallottam.