And I must not forget that we had in the ship a dog and two cats, of whose eminent history I may have occasion to say something in its place; for I carried both the cats with me; and as for the dog, he jumped out of the ship of himself, and swam on shore to me the day after I went on shore with my first cargo, and was a trusty servant to me many years; I wanted nothing that he could fetch me, nor any company that he could make up to me; I only wanted to have him talk to me, but that would not do.
Tampoco debo olvidar que en el barco llevábamos un perro y dos gatos, de cuya eminente historia diré algo en su momento, pues me traje los dos gatos y el perro saltó del barco por su cuenta y nadó hasta la orilla, al día siguiente de mi desembarco con el primer cargamento. A partir de entonces, fue mi fiel servidor durante muchos años.