It is not easy to imagine what confusion this sight put me into, especially seeing them come on my side of the island, and so near to me; but when I considered their coming must be always with the current of the ebb, I began afterwards to be more sedate in my mind, being satisfied that I might go abroad with safety all the time of the flood of tide, if they were not on shore before; and having made this observation, I went abroad about my harvest work with the more composure.
Mas cuando pensé que siempre debían venir cuando bajara la marea, comencé a tranquilizarme y contentarme pensando que podría salir sin peligro cuando la marea estuviese alta, a no ser que hubiesen llegado antes a la orilla. Con esta idea, salí a realizar las tareas propias de la cosecha con cierta tranquilidad.