With this Resolution I enter'd the Wood，and with all possible Waryness and Silence，Friday following close at my Heels，I march'd till I came to the Skirt of the Wood，on the Side which was next to them；only that one Corner of the Wood lay between me and them；here I call'd softly to Friday，and shewing him a great Tree，which was just at the Corner of the Wood，I bad him go to the Tree，and bring me Word if he could see there plainly what they were doing；he did so，and came immediately back to me，and told me they might be plainly view'd there；that they were all about their Fire，eating the Flesh of one of their Prisoners；and that another lay bound upon the Sand，a little from them，which be said they would kill next，and which fir'd all the very Soul within me；he told me it was not one of their Nation；but one of the bearded Men，who he had told me of，that came to their Country in the Boat：I was fill'd with Horror at the very naming the white-bearded Man，and going to the Tree，I saw plainly by my Glass，a white Man who lay upon the Beach of the Sea，with his Hands and his Feet ty'd，with Flags，or Things like Rushes；and that he was an European，and had Cloaths on.
There was another Tree，and a little Thicket beyond it，about fifty Yards nearer to them than the Place where I was，which by going a little way about，I saw I might come at undiscover'd，and that then I should be within half Shot of them；so I with-held my Passion，though I was indeed enrag'd to the highest Degree，and going back about twenty Paces，I got behind some Bushes，which held all the way，till I came to the other Tree；and then I came to a little rising Ground，which gave me a full View of them，at the Distance of about eighty Yards.