Rogers, in his turn, learned the misfortunes of Selkirk and became attached to him; from this moment, the sailors themselves showed him great deference; he was known among them by the name of _the governor_, and this title clung to him.
To do the honors of his island, the governor one day gave to the crews of the two vessels, the spectacle of one of his former hunts.

Resuming his ancient costume, he returned to the high mountains, where, before their eyes, he started a goat, and darting in pursuit of it, over a thousand cliffs, sometimes clearing frightful abysses, by means of a vine which he seized on his passage,--this method he owed to Marimonda,--he succeeded in forcing his game to the hills of the shore.

Arrived there, exhausted, panting, drawing itself up like a stag at bay, the goat stopped short.

Selkirk took it living on his shoulders, and presented it to Capt.Rogers.Its ear was already slit.
By way of thanks, the captain announced that he might henceforth be connected with the expedition, with his old rank of mate, which was restored to him.

For this favor Selkirk was indebted to the solicitations of Dampier.
In the same vessel with Dampier, he made another three years' voyage, visited Mexico, California, and the greater part of North America; after which, still in company with Dampier, and possessor of a pretty fortune, he returned to England, where the recital of his adventures, already made public, secured him the most honorable patronage and friendship.