When I was come down the hill to the end of the island, where, indeed, I had never been before, I was presently convinced that the seeing the print of a man’s foot was not such a strange thing in the island as I imagined: and but that it was a special providence that I was cast upon the side of the island where the savages never came, I should easily have known that nothing was more frequent than for the canoes from the main, when they happened to be a little too far out at sea, to shoot over to that side of the island for harbour: likewise, as they often met and fought in their canoes, the victors, having taken any prisoners, would bring them over to this shore, where, according to their dreadful customs, being all cannibals, they would kill and eat them; of which hereafter.
Csak én hittem annak, mert a szigetnek azon az oldalán éltem, ahová a vademberek sosem látogattak el, azon a partszakaszon viszont, ahol most jártam, tudtomon kívül, rendszeresen kikötöttek a szárazföldről kicsit messzebb elkalandozó kenuk. Utasaik, a kannibál bennszülöttek gyakran hozták ide a csatákban ejtett foglyaikat, hogy szörnyű szokásaikhoz híven itt megöljék és megegyék azokat.