So, after some days, I took Friday to work again by way of discourse, and told him I would give him a boat to go back to his own nation; and, accordingly, I carried him to my frigate, which lay on the other side of the island, and having cleared it of water (for I always kept it sunk in water), I brought it out, showed it him, and we both went into it.
Así, pues, al cabo de unos días, reanudé la conversación con Viernes y le dije que le daría mi bote para regresar a su nación. Le conduje a mi piragua, que se encontraba al otro lado de la isla y, después de sacarle el agua, puesto que siempre la tenía sumergida, se la mostré y entramos los dos en ella.