I took another way to come back than that I went, thinking I could easily keep all the island so much in my view that I could not miss finding my first dwelling by viewing the country; but I found myself mistaken, for being come about two or three miles, I found myself descended into a very large valley, but so surrounded with hills, and those hills covered with wood, that I could not see which was my way by any direction but that of the sun, nor even then, unless I knew very well the position of the sun at that time of the day.
Al regreso, tomé un camino distinto al que había hecho, creyendo que podría abarcar fácilmente gran parte de la isla con la vista y, así, encontrar mi vivienda pero me equivoqué. Al cabo de unas dos o tres millas, me hallé en un gran valle rodeado de tantas colinas que, a su vez, estaban tan cubiertas de árboles, que no podía saber hacia dónde me dirigía si no era por el sol, y ni siquiera esto, si no sabía con exactitud su posición en ese momento del día.