Time, however, and the satisfaction I had that I was in no danger of being discovered by these people, began to wear off my uneasiness about them; and I began to live just in the same composed manner as before, only with this difference, that I used more caution, and kept my eyes more about me than I did before, lest I should happen to be seen by any of them; and particularly, I was more cautious of firing my gun, lest any of them, being on the island, should happen to hear it.
Met ter tijd echter en door het bewustzijn, dat ik geen gevaar liep van door dit volk ontdekt te worden, begon mijne ongerustheid te slijten, en mijn leven zoo kalm als vroeger te worden; met dit onderscheid, dat ik behoedzamer was, en meer rondzag of een hunner mij ook ontdekken kon.