I did not so much as go to look after my boat all this time, but began rather to think of making another; for I could not think of ever making any more attempts to bring the other boat round the island to me, lest I should meet with some of these creatures at sea; in which case, if I had happened to have fallen into their hands, I knew what would have been my lot.
Al dien tijd zag ik zelfs niet naar mijne boot om; want ik kon er niet aan denken de andere boot het eiland om te brengen, uit vrees, dat ik op zee eenige dier wezens ontmoeten mogt; want ik wist wat mijn lot zou zijn, als ik in hunne handen mogt vallen.