This, he said, he knew; because he heard them all cry out so, in their language, one to another; for it was impossible for them to conceive that a man could dart fire, and speak thunder, and kill at a distance, without lifting up the hand, as was done now: and this old savage was in the right; for, as I understood since, by other hands, the savages never attempted to go over to the island afterwards, they were so terrified with the accounts given by those four men (for it seems they did escape the sea), that they believed whoever went to that enchanted island would be destroyed with fire from the gods.
Sabía esto porque los escuchó gritar en su lengua que era imposible que un hombre pudiese disparar dardos de fuego o hablar como el trueno y matar a distancia, sin levantar la mano. En esto, el viejo salvaje tenía razón, pues luego supe que jamás intentaron regresar a la isla por miedo a lo que aquellos cuatro hombres (que, en efecto, lograron salvarse del mar) les habían contado: que quien fuera a esa isla encantada, sería destruido por el fuego de los dioses.