I found also that the island I was in was barren, and, as I saw good reason to believe, uninhabited except by wild beasts, of whom, however, I saw none. Yet I saw abundance of fowls, but knew not their kinds; neither when I killed them could I tell what was fit for food, and what not.
Descubrí también que la isla en la que me hallaba era estéril y tenía buenas razones para suponer que estaba deshabitada, excepto por bestias salvajes, de las cuales aún no había visto ninguna.