Abundance of such things as these assisted to argue me out of all apprehensions of its being the devil; and I presently concluded then that it must be some more dangerous creature—viz. that it must be some of the savages of the mainland opposite who had wandered out to sea in their canoes, and either driven by the currents or by contrary winds, had made the island, and had been on shore, but were gone away again to sea; being as loath, perhaps, to have stayed in this desolate island as I would have been to have had them.
Estas y muchas otras razones me convencieron de abandonar mi temor a que se tratara del demonio y pensé que acaso se tratara de algo más peligroso aún, por ejemplo, salvajes de la tierra firme que rondaban por el mar en sus canoas y que impulsados por la corriente o el viento, habían llegado a la isla, habían estado en la playa y luego se habían marchado, tan poco dispuestos a quedarse en esta isla desierta como yo a tenerlos cerca.