The food was of different kinds--some tasting like goose, others like turkey, others like partridge.

It was all the flesh of fowls, though, judging from the slices before me, they must have been of great size.

I wondered much at the behavior of the officers of the ship, who all, and the chief himself more than all, stood and waited upon me; but it was a new world, and I supposed that this must be the fashion; so I made no objections, but accepted the situation and ate with a thankful heart.
As the first keenness of my appetite was satisfied I had more leisure to make observations.

I noticed that the eyes of my new friends no longer blinked; they were wide open; and, so far as I could make them out, their faces were much improved.

Weakness of eyes seemed common among these people, and therefore the officers had their cabin darkened, while the unfortunate rowers had to labor in the blazing sun.