My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any were in the island; and I had many thoughts of the method how to do this, and what kind of dwelling to make—whether I should make me a cave in the earth, or a tent upon the earth; and, in short, I resolved upon both; the manner and description of which, it may not be improper to give an account of.
Most mindenekelőtt a biztonságomról kellett gondoskodnom, mert attól tartottam, hogy vademberek vagy vadállatok vannak a szigeten. Sokat töprengtem azon, hogyan érjem el ezt és vajon milyen lakóhelyet építsek magamnak.