n account of sinning against that light which, as the Scripture says,
was a law to themselves, and by such rules as their consciences would
acknowledge to be just, though the foundation was not discovered to us;
and secondly, that still as we all are the clay in the hand of the
potter, no vessel could say to him, "Why hast thou formed me thus?"

But to return to my new companion. I was greatly delighted with him, and
made it my business to teach him everything that was proper to make him
useful, handy, and helpful; but especially to make him speak, and
understand me when I spoke; and he was the aptest scholar that ever was;
and particularly was so merry, so constantly diligent, and so pleased
when he could but understand me, or make me understand him, that it was
very pleasant for me to talk to him. Now my life began to be so easy
that I began to say to myself that could I but have been safe from more
savages, I cared not if I was never to remove from the place where I
lived.

CHAPTER XV--FRIDAY'S EDUCATION

After I had been two or three days returned 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 it 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 catched hold of Friday. "Hold," said I,
"stand still;" and made signs to him not to stir: immediately I presented
my piece, shot, and killed one of the kids. The poor creature, who had
at a distance, indeed, seen me kill the savage, his enemy, but did not
know, nor could imagine how it was done, was sensibly surprised,
trembled, and shook, and looked so amazed that I thought he would have
sunk down. He did not see the kid I shot at, or perceive I had killed
it, but ripped up his waistcoat to feel whether he was not wounded; and,
as I found presently, thought I was resolved to kill him: for he came and
kneeled down to me, and embracing my knees, said a great many things I
did not understand; but I could easily see 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, laughed at him, and pointing to the kid which
I had killed, beckoned to him to run and fetch it,