However, I went down thus two or three days, and having seen nothing, I began to be a little bolder, and to think there was really nothing in it but my own imagination; but I could not persuade myself fully of this till I should go down to the shore again, and see this print of a foot, and measure it by my own, and see if there was any similitude or fitness, that I might be assured it was my own foot: but when I came to the place, first, it appeared evidently to me, that when I laid up my boat I could not possibly be on shore anywhere thereabouts; secondly, when I came to measure the mark with my own foot, I found my foot not so large by a great deal.
Semmi jel sem mutatott arra, hogy ember tévedt a közelembe, de addig nem lehettem biztos benne, hogy csak a saját lábnyomom rémisztett meg, míg újra el nem látogatok a partnak arra a részére, ahol minap a nyomot láttam. Így aztán megembereltem magamat és a helyszínre indultam.