I did not so much as go to look after my boat all this time, but began rather to think of making another; for I could not think of ever making any more attempts to bring the other boat round the island to me, lest I should meet with some of these creatures at sea; in which case, if I had happened to have fallen into their hands, I knew what would have been my lot.
Mind ez idő alatt egyszer sem látogattam meg csónakomat, de újra fontolóra vettem, hogy másikat készítek. Az előbbivel már úgysem vitorlázhattam volna vissza a lakhelyemre anélkül, hogy kockáztatnám a vademberekkel való találkozást.