I had a dismal prospect of my condition; for as I was not cast away upon that island without being driven, as is said, by a violent storm, quite out of the course of our intended voyage, and a great way, viz. some hundreds of leagues, out of the ordinary course of the trade of mankind, I had great reason to consider it as a determination of Heaven, that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner, I should end my life.
Tenía una idea bastante sombría de mi condición, pues me hallaba náufrago en esta isla, a causa de una violenta tormenta, que nos había sacado completamente de rumbo; es decir, a varios cientos de leguas de las rutas comerciales de la humanidad. Tenía muchas razones para creer que se trataba de una determinación del Cielo y que terminaría mis días en este lugar desolado y solitario.