Then, supposing they were not cannibals, yet they might kill me, as many Europeans who had fallen into their hands had been served, even when they had been ten or twenty together—much more I, that was but one, and could make little or no defence; all these things, I say, which I ought to have considered well; and did come into my thoughts afterwards, yet gave me no apprehensions at first, and my head ran mightily upon the thought of getting over to the shore.
Nekem egymagamnak pedig védekezni is alig lenne módom. Mondom, hosszabb töprengés során ezek az érvek mind felötlöttek bennem, de azért nyugtalankodó elmém mégsem hagyott békét, vágyódásom a messze szárazföldre erősebb volt a józan megfontolásnál.