I could not tell what part of the world this might be, otherwise than that I knew it must be part of America, and, as I concluded by all my observations, must be near the Spanish dominions, and perhaps was all inhabited by savages, where, if I had landed, I had been in a worse condition than I was now; and therefore I acquiesced in the dispositions of Providence, which I began now to own and to believe ordered everything for the best; I say I quieted my mind with this, and left off afflicting myself with fruitless wishes of being there.
Io non potea determinare a qual paese del mondo quella terra appartenesse; sol non dubitava che non fosse una parte dell’America e, secondo i raziocini che istituii, vicina ai dominî spagnuoli. Ma poteva anch’essere tutta quanta abitata da selvaggi, e tale che se vi fossi sbarcato, mi sarei veduto a peggior partito che non era adesso.