The rainy season of the autumnal equinox was now come, and I kept the 30th of September in the same solemn manner as before, being the anniversary of my landing on the island, having now been there two years, and no more prospect of being delivered than the first day I came there, I spent the whole day in humble and thankful acknowledgments of the many wonderful mercies which my solitary condition was attended with, and without which it might have been infinitely more miserable.
De regentijd van de herfstevening was thans gekomen, en ik bragt den 30 September, den tweeden verjaardag dat ik hier aan land kwam, op dezelfde wijze als den eersten door. Ik was hier nu twee jaren geweest, en had geen meer vooruitzigt van bevrijd te worden dan den eersten dag toen ik hier kwam.