But perhaps if they'd been able to read their fears more like a scientist, with more coolness of judgment, they would have listened instead to the less violent but the more likely tale, the story of starvation, and headed for Tahiti, just as Melville's sad commentary suggests.
Pero quizá si hubieran sido capaces de interpretar sus miedos más como un científico, con mayor objetividad, hubieran escuchado la historia menos violenta, pero más probable, la del hambre, y se hubieran dirigido a Tahití, como sugiere el lúgubre comentario de Melville.