I immediately went to work with this piece of ground; and in less than a month’s time I had so fenced it round that my flock, or herd, call it which you please, which were not so wild now as at first they might be supposed to be, were well enough secured in it: so, without any further delay, I removed ten young she-goats and two he-goats to this piece, and when they were there I continued to perfect the fence till I had made it as secure as the other; which, however, I did at more leisure, and it took me up more time by a great deal.
La causa de todo este trabajo era, únicamente, la huella que había visto y que me provocó grandes aprensiones. Hasta entonces, no había visto acercarse a la isla a ningún ser humano pero desde hacía dos años vivía con esa preocupación que le había quitado tranquilidad a mi existencia, como bien puede imaginar cualquiera que sepa lo que significa vivir acechado constantemente por el temor a los hombres.