I did not so much as go to look after my boat all this time, but began rather to think of making another; for I could not think of ever making any more attempts to bring the other boat round the island to me, lest I should meet with some of these creatures at sea; in which case, if I had happened to have fallen into their hands, I knew what would have been my lot.
Tampoco volví a visitar mi piragua en todo ese tiempo, sino que preferí hacerme otra, ya que no podía ni pensar en hacer un nuevo intento de traerla a este lado de la isla, pues si me topaba con aquellos seres en el mar y caía en sus manos, sabría muy bien a qué atenerme.