In this disposition I continued for near a year after this; and so far was I from desiring an occasion for falling upon these wretches, that in all that time I never once went up the hill to see whether there were any of them in sight, or to know whether any of them had been on shore there or not, that I might not be tempted to renew any of my contrivances against them, or be provoked by any advantage that might present itself to fall upon them; only this I did: I went and removed my boat, which I had on the other side of the island, and carried it down to the east end of the whole island, where I ran it into a little cove, which I found under some high rocks, and where I knew, by reason of the currents, the savages durst not, at least would not, come with their boats upon any account whatever.
Nem kívántam, hogy kiújuljanak velük kapcsolatos gondolataim vagy a tetteik látványától újra bosszúszomjassá váljak. Az egyetlen dolgom, ami a szigetnek azon a részén maradt, hogy elhozom a ladikomat onnan, ahol addig rejtve állt és ahol esetleg a partra szálló vadaknak a szemébe ötölhetne.