This observation convinced me that I had nothing to do but to observe the ebbing and the flowing of the tide, and I might very easily bring my boat about the island again; but when I began to think of putting it in practice, I had such terror upon my spirits at the remembrance of the danger I had been in, that I could not think of it again with any patience, but, on the contrary, I took up another resolution, which was more safe, though more laborious—and this was, that I would build, or rather make, me another periagua or canoe, and so have one for one side of the island, and one for the other.
Mais quand je voulus entamer ce dessein, mon esprit fut pris de terreur au souvenir du péril que j'avais essuyé, et je ne pus me décider à l'entreprendre. Bien au contraire, je pris la résolution, plus sûre mais plus laborieuse, de me construire ou plutôt de me creuser une autre pirogue, et d'en avoir ainsi une pour chaque côté de l'île.