This observation convinced me that I had nothing to do but to observe the ebbing and the flowing of the tide, and I might very easily bring my boat about the island again; but when I began to think of putting it in practice, I had such terror upon my spirits at the remembrance of the danger I had been in, that I could not think of it again with any patience, but, on the contrary, I took up another resolution, which was more safe, though more laborious—and this was, that I would build, or rather make, me another periagua or canoe, and so have one for one side of the island, and one for the other.
Mas cuando decidí poner en práctica este plan, sentía tanto terror al recordar los peligros que había sufrido, que no podía pensar en ello sin sobresaltos. Por tanto, tomé otra resolución que me pareció más segura, aunque, también, más laboriosa, que consistía en construir o hacer otra piragua o canoa para, así, tener una a cada lado de la isla.