Chapter 3

           Myprincipalendeavourwastolearnthelanguage,whichmymaster(forsoIshallhenceforthcallhim),andhischildren,andeveryservantofhishouse,weredesiroustoteachme;fortheylookeduponitasaprodigy,thatabruteanimalshoulddiscoversuchmarksofarationalcreature.Ipointedtoeverything,andinquiredthenameofit,whichIwrotedowninmyjournal-bookwhenIwasalone,andcorrectedmybadaccentbydesiringthoseofthefamilytopronounceitoften.Inthisemployment,asorrelnag,oneoftheunder-servants,wasveryreadytoassistme.

           Inspeaking,theypronouncedthroughthenoseandthroat,andtheirlanguageapproachesnearesttotheHigh-Dutch,orGerman,ofanyIknowinEurope;butismuchmoregracefulandsignificant.TheemperorCharlesV.madealmostthesameobservation,whenhesaid"thatifheweretospeaktohishorse,itshouldbeinHigh-Dutch."

           Thecuriosityandimpatienceofmymasterweresogreat,thathespentmanyhoursofhisleisuretoinstructme.Hewasconvinced(asheafterwardstoldme)thatImustbeaYahoo;butmyteachableness,civility,andcleanliness,astonishedhim;whichwerequalitiesaltogetheroppositetothoseanimals.Hewasmostperplexedaboutmyclothes,reasoningsometimeswithhimself,whethertheywereapartofmybody:forIneverpulledthemofftillthefamilywereasleep,andgotthemonbeforetheywakedinthemorning.

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