Gideon Spilett, Pencroft, and Herbert attentively examined this land, on which they might perhaps have to live many long years; on which indeed they might even die, should it be out of the usual track of vessels, as was likely to be the case.
Gedeón Spilett, Pencroff y Harbert observaban atentamente aquella tierra, en la que iban a vivir, quizá largos años, y en la que tal vez morirían, si no se encontraban en la ruta de los barcos.