Then, supposing they were not cannibals, yet they might kill me, as many Europeans who had fallen into their hands had been served, even when they had been ten or twenty together—much more I, that was but one, and could make little or no defence; all these things, I say, which I ought to have considered well; and did come into my thoughts afterwards, yet gave me no apprehensions at first, and my head ran mightily upon the thought of getting over to the shore.
En al waren zij geene menscheneters, dan konden zij mij ligtelijk dooden, gelijk zoo vele Europeanen gebeurd was, die in hunne handen waren gevallen, zelfs bij tien en twintig te gelijk, hoe veel meer dan mij, die alleen was en mij weinig of niet verdedigen kon. Dit alles, zeg ik, hetgeen ik toen had moeten bedenken, en dat mij later inviel, boezemde mij toen geen de minste vrees in, en steeds peinsde ik op middelen om naar die kust over te steken.