Even when I was afterwards, on due consideration, made sensible of my condition, how I was cast on this dreadful place, out of the reach of human kind, out of all hope of relief, or prospect of redemption, as soon as I saw but a prospect of living and that I should not starve and perish for hunger, all the sense of my affliction wore off; and I began to be very easy, applied myself to the works proper for my preservation and supply, and was far enough from being afflicted at my condition, as a judgment from heaven, or as the hand of God against me: these were thoughts which very seldom entered my head.
Incluso, después, cuando me hice consciente de mi situación, de cómo había llegado a este horrible lugar, lejos de cualquier contacto humano, sin esperanza de alivio ni perspectiva de redención, tan pronto como vi que tenía posibilidad de sobrevivir y que no me moriría de hambre, olvidé todas mis aflicciones y comencé a sentirme tranquilo, me dediqué a las tareas propias de mi supervivencia y abastecimiento y me hallé muy lejos de considerar mi condición como un juicio del cielo o como obra de la mano de Dios.