This, he said, he knew; because he heard them all cry out so, in their language, one to another; for it was impossible for them to conceive that a man could dart fire, and speak thunder, and kill at a distance, without lifting up the hand, as was done now: and this old savage was in the right; for, as I understood since, by other hands, the savages never attempted to go over to the island afterwards, they were so terrified with the accounts given by those four men (for it seems they did escape the sea), that they believed whoever went to that enchanted island would be destroyed with fire from the gods.
E quel selvaggio sapea quel che diceva, perchè come mi fu noto da poi, i selvaggi di quella nazione non s’arrischiarono più mai a metter piè in questi luoghi. I fuggiaschi del canotto veramente giunsero a casa tutti quattro, ma raccontarono ai loro compatriotti che chiunque approdasse a quest’isola incantata potea far conto d’essere sterminato dal fuoco del cielo.