It is not easy for me to express how it moved me to see what ecstasy and filial affection had worked in this poor savage at the sight of his father, and of his being delivered from death; nor indeed can I describe half the extravagances of his affection after this: for he went into the boat and out of the boat a great many times: when he went in to him he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom for many minutes together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and chafed and rubbed them with his hands; and I, perceiving what the case was, gave him some rum out of my bottle to rub them with, which did them a great deal of good.
Nehezen tudnám szóba foglalni a meghatottságomat, amit akkor éreztem, amikor láttam, mennyire örül annak, hogy apja megszabadult a haláltól és mennyire ki tudja mutatni iránta érzett szeretetét. Azt még kevésbé tudnám leírni, milyen lelkiállapotban volt Péntek, többször ki- és beszállt a csónakba, leült az apja mellé, annak fejét a mellkasához szorította és úgy ölelte.