It continued raining all that night and great part of the next day, so that I could not stir abroad; but my mind being more composed, I began to think of what I had best do; concluding that if the island was subject to these earthquakes, there would be no living for me in a cave, but I must consider of building a little hut in an open place which I might surround with a wall, as I had done here, and so make myself secure from wild beasts or men; for I concluded, if I stayed where I was, I should certainly one time or other be buried alive.
Arra jutottam, hogy ha a szigetet földrengések sújtják, akkor nem élhetek biztonságban egy barlangban, helyette inkább a nyílt terepen kell egy kis kunyhót építenem magamnak, és ahogy ezt a lakhelyemet is, a vadállatok és emberek ellen, fallal kell körülvennem. Ha itt maradok, előbb-utóbb minden bizonnyal maguk alá temetnek a sziklák.