Captain Smith declares that he would rather
have the ashes without the meal and sweet potato, if indeed he must
eat any, but of course when he speaks thus, it is only in the way
of making sport.
Captain Kendall, who, because he has made two voyages to the Indies,
believes himself a wondrously wise man, says that he who eats sweet
potatoes at least once each day will not live above seven years,
and he who eats them twice every day will become blind, after which
all his teeth will drop out.
Because of this prediction, many of our gentlemen are not willing
even so much as to taste of the root, but Captain Smith says that
wise men may grow fat where fools starve, therefore he gathers up
all the sweet potatoes which the others have thrown away, for they
please him exceeding well.
A TOUCH OF HOMESICKNESS
There is no need for me to say that it makes both Nathaniel and me
glad to be praised by our master, because we keep the house cleanly
and strive to serve the food in such a manner as not to offend
the eye; but we would willingly dispense with such welcome words
if thereby it would be possible to see a woman messing around the
place.
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