After I had been two or three Days return'd to my Castle，I thought that，in order to bring Friday off from his horrid way of feeding，and from the Relish of a Cannibal's Stomach，I ought to let him taste other Flesh；so I took him out with me one Morning to the Woods：I went indeed intending to kill a Kid out of my own Flock，and bring him home and dress it. But as I was going，I saw a She Goat lying down in the Shade，and two young Kids sitting by her；I catch'd hold of Friday，hold says I，stand still；and made Signs to him not to stir，immediately I presented my Piece，shot and kill'd one of the Kids. The poor Creature who had at a Distance indeed seen me kill the Savage his Enemy，but did not know，or could imagine how it was done，was sensibly surpriz'd，trembled，and shook，and look'd so amaz'd，that I thought he would have sunk down. He did not see the Kid I shot at，or perceive I had kill'd it，but ripp'd up his Wastcoat to feel if he was not wounded，and as I found，presently thought I was resolv'd to kill him；for he came and kneel'd down to me，and embraceing my Knees，said a great many Things I did not understand；but I could easily see that the meaning was to pray me not to kill him.
I soon found a way to convince him that I would do him no harm，and taking him up by the Hand laugh'd at him，and pointed to the Kid which I had kill'd，beckoned to him to run and fetch it，which he did；and while he was wondering and looking to see how the Creature was kill'd，I loaded my Gun again，and by and by I saw a great Fowl like a Hawk sit upon a Tree within Shot；so to let Friday understand a little what I would do，I call'd him to me again，pointed at the Fowl which was indeed a Parrot，tho' I thought it had been a Hawk，I say pointing to the Parrot，and to my Gun，and to the Ground under the Parrot，to let him see I would make it fall，I made him understand that I would shoot and kill that Bird；accordingly I fir'd and bad him look，and immediately he saw the Parrot fall，he stood like one frighted again，notwithstanding all I had said to him；and I found he was the more amaz'd，because he did not see me put any Thing into the Gun；but thought that there must be some wonderful Fund of Death and Destruction in that Thing，able to kill Man，Beast，Bird，or any Thing near，or far off；and the Astonishment this created in him was such，as could not wear off for a long Time；and I believe，if I would have let him，he would have worshipp'd me and my Gun：As for the Gun it self，he would not so much as touch it for several Days after；but would speak to it，and talk to it，as if it had answer'd him，when he was by himself；which，as I afterwards learn'd of him，was to desire it not to kill him.
Well，after his Astonishment was a little over at this，I pointed to him to run and fetch the Bird I had shot，which he did，but stay'd some Time；for the Parrot not being quite dead，was flutter'd away a good way off from the Place where she fell；however，he found her，took her up，and brought her to me；and as I had perceivd his Ignorance about the Gun before，I took this Advantage to charge the Gun again，and not let him see me do it，that 1 might be ready for any other Mark that might present；but nothing more offer'd at that Time；so I brought home the Kid，and the same Evening I took the Skin off，and cut it out as well as I could；and having a Pot for that purpose，I boil'd，or stew'd some of the Flesh，and made some very good Broth；and after I had begun to eat some，I gave some to my Man，who seem'd very glad of it，and lik'd it very well；but that which was strangest to him，was，to see me eat Salt with it；he made a Sign to me，that the Salt was not good to eat，and putting a little into his own Mouth，he seem'd to nauseate it，and would spit and sputter at it，washing his Mouth with fresh Water after it；on the other hand，I took some Meat in my Mouth without Salt，and I pretended to spit and sputter for want of Salt，as fast as he had done at the Salt；but it would not do，he would never care for Salt with his Meat，or in his Broth；at least not a great while，and then but a very little.
Having thus fed him with boil'd Meat and Broth，I was resolv'd to feast him the next Day with roasting a Piece of the Kid；this 1 did by hanging it before the Fire，in a String，as I had seen many People do in England，setting two Poles up，one on each side the Fire，and one cross on the Top，and tying the String to the Cross-stick，letting the Meat turn continually：This Friday admir'd very much；but when he came to taste the Flesh，he took so many ways to tell me how well he lik'd it，that I could not but understand him；and at last he told me he would never eat Man's Flesh any more，which I was very glad to hear.
The next Day I set him to work to beating some Corn out，and sifting it in the manner I us'd to do，as I observ'd before and he soon understood how to do it as well as I，especially after he had seen what the Meaning of it was，and that it was to make Bread of；for after that I let him see me make my Bread，and bake it too，and in a little Time Friday was able to do all the Work for me，as well as I could do it my self.
I begun now to consider，that having two Mouths to feed，instead of one，I must provide more Ground for my Harvest，and plant a larger Quantity of Corn，than I us'd to do；so I mark'd out a larger Piece of Land，and began the Fence in the same Manner as before，in which Friday not only work'd very willingly，and very hard；but did it very chearfully，and I told him what it was for；that it was for Corn to make more Bread，because he was now with me，and that I might have enough for him，and my self too：He appear'd very sensible of that Part，and let me know，that he thought I had much more Labour upon me on his Account，than I had for my self；and that he would work the harder for me，if I would tell him what to do.
