After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look round me, to see what kind of place I was in, and what was next to be done; and I soon found my comforts abate, and that, in a word, I had a dreadful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor anything either to eat or drink to comfort me; neither did I see any prospect before me but that of perishing with hunger or being devoured by wild beasts; and that which was particularly afflicting to me was, that I had no weapon, either to hunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself against any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs.
Après avoir soulagé mon esprit par tout ce qu'il y avait de consolant dans ma situation, je commençai à regarder à l'entour de moi, pour voir en quelle sorte de lieu j'étais, et ce que j'avais à faire. Je sentis bientôt mon contentement diminuer, et qu'en un mot ma délivrance était affreuse, car j'étais trempé et n'avais pas de vêtements pour me changer, ni rien à manger ou à boire pour me réconforter.