I had a dismal prospect of my condition; for as I was not cast away upon that island without being driven, as is said, by a violent storm, quite out of the course of our intended voyage, and a great way, viz. some hundreds of leagues, out of the ordinary course of the trade of mankind, I had great reason to consider it as a determination of Heaven, that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner, I should end my life.
Mijn toestand leverde een treurig vooruitzigt op. De storm, die mij op dit eiland geworpen had, had mij tevens geheel buiten den koers van onze voorgenomen reis geslagen, en wel honderd mijlen buiten het gewone vaarwater der koopvaarders.