What a sad and fearful sight, and how painful to the colonists, who, from a fertile domain covered with forests, irrigated by watercourses, and enriched by the produce of their toils, found themselves, as it were, transported to a desolate rock, upon which, but for their reserves of provisions, they could not even gather the means of subsistence!
Quel spectacle douloureux, quel aspect épouvantable, et quels regrets pour ces colons, qui, d'un domaine fertile, couvert de forêts, arrosé de cours d'eau, enrichi de récoltes, se trouvaient en un instant transportés sur un roc dévasté, sur lequel, sans leurs réserves, ils n'eussent pas même trouvé à vivre!