It is not easy to imagine what confusion this sight put me into, especially seeing them come on my side of the island, and so near to me; but when I considered their coming must be always with the current of the ebb, I began afterwards to be more sedate in my mind, being satisfied that I might go abroad with safety all the time of the flood of tide, if they were not on shore before; and having made this observation, I went abroad about my harvest work with the more composure.
Mais quand je considérai que leur débarquement devait toujours avoir lieu au jusant, je commençai à retrouver un peu de calme, certain de pouvoir sortir en toute sûreté pendant le temps du flot, si personne n'avait abordé au rivage auparavant. Cette observation faite, je me remis à travailler à ma moisson avec plus de tranquillité.