With these resolutions in my thoughts, I set myself upon the scout as often as possible, and indeed so often that I was heartily tired of it; for it was above a year and a half that I waited; and for great part of that time went out to the west end, and to the south-west corner of the island almost every day, to look for canoes, but none appeared.
Con esta resolución, me dediqué a observar la costa tantas veces como pude, lo cual llegó a causarme una profunda fatiga. Casi todos los días, durante un año y medio, me dirigía a la costa occidental de la isla para observar la llegada de sus canoas pero no aparecieron.