Nor was the madness of it so great as to the compass, for if it was ten miles about, I was like to have time enough to do it in; but I did not consider that my goats would be as wild in so much compass as if they had had the whole island, and I should have so much room to chase them in that I should never catch them.
Mi estupidez no era tan solo ignorar las dimensiones, ya que, seguramente, habría tenido suficiente tiempo para cercar un recinto de casi diez millas, sino pasar por alto que, en semejante extensión de terreno, las cabras habrían seguido siendo tan salvajes como si se encontraran libres por toda la isla y que, si tenía que perseguirlas en un espacio tan grande, no podría atraparlas nunca.