It was now the month of December, as I said above, in my twenty-third year; and this, being the southern solstice (for winter I cannot call it), was the particular time of my harvest, and required me to be pretty much abroad in the fields, when, going out early in the morning, even before it was thorough daylight, I was surprised with seeing a light of some fire upon the shore, at a distance from me of about two miles, toward that part of the island where I had observed some savages had been, as before, and not on the other side; but, to my great affliction, it was on my side of the island.
Alighogy pirkadt. Amikor odaértem a szántóföldemhez, onnan alig félórai járásra, a parton tüzet pillantottam meg, mégpedig nagy meghökkenésemre a szigetnek nem azon a részén, ahol korábban kannibálok nyomaira bukkantam, hanem azon az oldalon, ahol jómagam éltem.