All the while these things were doing, you may be sure my thoughts ran many times upon the prospect of land which I had seen from the other side of the island; and I was not without secret wishes that I were on shore there, fancying that, seeing the mainland, and an inhabited country, I might find some way or other to convey myself further, and perhaps at last find some means of escape.
Mientras hacía todo esto, a menudo mis pensamientos volaban hacia la tierra que había visto desde el otro lado de la isla y, secretamente, deseaba estar allí, imaginando que podría divisar el continente y que, al ser una tierra poblada, encontraría los medios para salir adelante y, finalmente, escapar.