Upon this，I enquir'd of him more critically，What was become of them？ He assur'd me they lived still there；that they had been there about four Years；that the Savages let them alone，and gave them Victuals to live. I ask'd him，How it came to pass they did not kill them and eat them？ He said No，they make Brother with them；that is，as I understood him，a Truce：And then he added，They no eat Mans but when make the War fight；that is to say，they never eat any Men but such as come to fight with them，and are taken in Battle.
It was after this some considerable Time，that being upon the Top of the Hill，at the East Side of the Island，from whence as have said，I had in a clear Day discover'd the Main，or Continent of America；Friday，the Weather being very serene，looks very earnestly towards the Main Land，and in a kind of Surprise，falls a jumping and dancing，and calls out to me，for I was at some Distance from him：I ask'd him，What was the Matter？ O joy！ Says he，O glad！ There see my Country，there my Nation！
I observ'd an extraordinary Sense of Pleasure appear'd in his Face，and his Eyes sparkled，and his Countenance discover'd a strange Eagerness，as if he had a Mind to be in his own Country again；and this Observation of mine，put a great many Thoughts into me，which made me at first not so easy about my new Man Friday as I was before；and I made no doubt，but that if Friday could get back to his own Nation again，he would not only forget all his Religion，but all his Obligation to me；and would be forward enough to give his Countrymen an Account of me，and come back perhaps with a hundred or two of them，and make a Feast upon me，at which he might be as merry as he us'd to be with those of his Enemies，when they were taken in War.
But I wrong'd the poor honest Creature very much，for which I was very sorry afterwards. However as my Jealousy encreased，and held me some Weeks，I was a little more circumspect，and not so familiar and kind to him as before；in which I was certainly in the Wrong too，the honest grateful Creature having no thought about it，but what consisted with the best Principles，both as a religious Christian，and as a grateful Friend，as appeared afterwards to my full Satisfaction.