I was so much amazed with the thing itself, having never felt the like, nor discoursed with any one that had, that I was like one dead or stupefied; and the motion of the earth made my stomach sick, like one that was tossed at sea; but the noise of the falling of the rock awakened me, as it were, and rousing me from the stupefied condition I was in, filled me with horror; and I thought of nothing then but the hill falling upon my tent and all my household goods, and burying all at once; and this sunk my very soul within me a second time.
Annyira meghökkentett ez a soha nem tapasztalt élmény, hogy egyfajta kábulatban álltam ott. A föld mozgása tengeribetegséghez hasonlatos hányingert keltett bennem, azután a lezúduló szikla harsány hangja felriasztott, rémületemet újra rémület váltotta fel, mert felötlött bennem, hogy a hegy leomlik, és eltemeti a sátramat és minden ingóságomat.