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nor, indeed, can I describe half the extravagances of his affec-
tion 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.

This affair put an end to our pursuit of the canoe with the
other savages, who were now almost out of sight: and it was
happy for us that we did not, for it blew so hard within two
hours after, and before they could be got a quarter of their way,
and continued blowing so hard all night, and that from the
north-west, which was against them, that I could not suppose
their boat could live, or that they ever reached their own coast.

But to return to Friday: he was so busy about his father,
that I could not find in my heart to take him off for some time ;
but after I thought he could leave him a little, I called him to
me, and he came jumping and laughing, and pleased to the
highest extreme ; then I asked him if he had given his father
any bread. He shook his head, and said, “ None; ugly dog
eat all up self.” I then gave hima cake of bread, out of a little
pouch I carried on purpose; I also gave him a dram for him-
self ; but he would not taste it, but carried it to his father. I
had in my pocket two or three bunches of raisins ; so I gave
him a handful of them for his father. He had no sooner given
his father these raisins, but I saw him come out of the boat and
run away as‘if he had been bewitched, for he was the swiftest
fellow on his feet that ever I saw: I say, he ran at such a rate
that he was out of sight, as it were, in an instant; and though
I called and hallooed out too, after him, it was all one—away he
went ; and in a quarter of an hour I saw him come back again,
though not so fast as he went; as he came nearer, I found his
pace slacker, because he had something in his hand. When he
came up to me, I found he had been quite home for an earthen
jug or pot, to bring his father some fresh water, and that he
had got two more cakes or loaves of bread: the bread he gave
me, but the water he carried to his father ; however, as I was
very thirsty too, I took a little of it. The water revived his
father more than all the rum or spirits I had given him, for he
was fainting with thirst.

When his father had drank, I called to him to know if there
was any water left: he said, “ Yes;” and I bade him give it to