For this reason, I removed that part of my business which required fire, such as burning of pots and pipes, &c., into my new apartment in the woods; where, after I had been some time, I found, to my unspeakable consolation, a mere natural cave in the earth, which went in a vast way, and where, I daresay, no savage, had he been at the mouth of it, would be so hardy as to venture in; nor, indeed, would any man else, but one who, like me, wanted nothing so much as a safe retreat.
Felkerestem a legsűrűbb erdőt, s ott égettem a konyhámra szükséges szenet új lakrészem közelében, amelyre véletlenül tettem szert. Amint egy nap gallyakat tördeltem a sziklák tövében, egy vastag törzsű fa tövénél, nagy meglepetésemre egy barlang szájára bukkantam.