When I came home from this journey, I contemplated with great pleasure the fruitfulness of that valley, and the pleasantness of the situation; the security from storms on that side of the water, and the wood: and concluded that I had pitched upon a place to fix my abode which was by far the worst part of the country.
À mon retour de ce voyage je contemplai avec un grand plaisir la fécondité de cette vallée, les charmes de sa situation à l'abri des vents de mer, et les bois qui l'ombrageaient: j'en conclus que j'avais fixé mon habitation dans la partie la plus ingrate de l'île.