I was so astonished with the sight of these things, that I entertained no notions of any danger to myself from it for a long while: all my apprehensions were buried in the thoughts of such a pitch of inhuman, hellish brutality, and the horror of the degeneracy of human nature, which, though I had heard of it often, yet I never had so near a view of before; in short, I turned away my face from the horrid spectacle; my stomach grew sick, and I was just at the point of fainting, when nature discharged the disorder from my stomach; and having vomited with uncommon violence, I was a little relieved, but could not bear to stay in the place a moment; so I got up the hill again with all the speed I could, and walked on towards my own habitation.
Addig csak rémmesékben olvastam efféle pokoli kegyetlenségről, az emberi természet ilyen lealjasodásáról, de szemtől szembe látni mindezt, iszonyú volt. El kellett fordulnom, mert rosszul lettem, és csak azért nem ájultam el, mert a természet hirtelen elemi erővel szabadította fel a gyomromból a feszültséget.