When I was come down the hill to the shore, as I said above, being the SW. point of the island, I was perfectly confounded and amazed; nor is it possible for me to express the horror of my mind at seeing the shore spread with skulls, hands, feet, and other bones of human bodies; and particularly I observed a place where there had been a fire made, and a circle dug in the earth, like a cockpit, where I supposed the savage wretches had sat down to their human feastings upon the bodies of their fellow-creatures.
Qual fu il mio orrore al vedere la spiaggia cospersa di teschi e mani e piedi d’uomini ed altre ossa umane! Crebbe il mio terrore al vedere un luogo ov’era stato fatto un gran fuoco ed un cerchio stampato su l’arena simile alla lizza d’un combattimento di galli, intorno a cui, io suppongo, quegli sgraziati selvaggi erano stati seduti all’inumano pasto de’ corpi dei loro simili.