Then terrible thoughts racked my imagination about their having found out my boat, and that there were people here; and that, if so, I should certainly have them come again in greater numbers and devour me; that if it should happen that they should not find me, yet they would find my enclosure, destroy all my corn, and carry away all my flock of tame goats, and I should perish at last for mere want.
Nu vreesde ik, dat zij mijne boot gevonden zouden hebben, en in dat geval in groot aantal terugkomen, om mij op te eten; en al vonden zij mij niet, zouden zij toch mijne heining en al mijn graan vernielen, mijne kudde stelen, en ik zou ten laatste van honger moeten omkomen.