One would have thought I could not have had the least reflection upon my mind of my circumstances while I was making this boat, but I should have immediately thought how I should get it into the sea; but my thoughts were so intent upon my voyage over the sea in it, that I never once considered how I should get it off the land: and it was really, in its own nature, more easy for me to guide it over forty-five miles of sea than about forty-five fathoms of land, where it lay, to set it afloat in the water.
Bárki azt gondolhatná, ha csak körülményeim legcsekélyebb figyelembevételével látok neki a csónak készítésének, akkor is azonnal gondolnom kellett volna a vízre bocsátásra. De elmém a majdani utazás körül forgott, ezért nem jutott eszembe, hogyan helyezzem használatba a csónakot.