Certainly, the colonists were not in the situation of castaways abandoned on a sterile islet, constantly contending against a cruel nature for their miserable existence, and incessantly tormented by the longing to return to inhabited countries.
Ciertamente no se hallaban los colonos en la situación de náufragos abandonados en un islote estéril, que disputan su miserable existencia a una naturaleza madrastra y se ven incesantemente devorados por el deseo de volver a ver las tierras habitadas.