I was so much amazed with the thing itself, having never felt the like, nor discoursed with any one that had, that I was like one dead or stupefied; and the motion of the earth made my stomach sick, like one that was tossed at sea; but the noise of the falling of the rock awakened me, as it were, and rousing me from the stupefied condition I was in, filled me with horror; and I thought of nothing then but the hill falling upon my tent and all my household goods, and burying all at once; and this sunk my very soul within me a second time.
N'ayant jamais rien senti de semblable, ne sachant pas même que cela existât, je fus tellement atterré que je restai là comme mort ou stupéfié, et le mouvement de la terre me donna des nausées comme à quelqu'un ballotté sur la mer. Mais le bruit de la chute du rocher me réveilla, m'arracha à ma stupeur, et me remplit d'effroi.