...in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone ... I considered my fate as certain and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish ... At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss...

...crowded at once upon my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence...

...circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me, I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. averted my present sufferings, I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under...