for supposing an island, separate from all possible commerce with the rest of the world, wherein there were but an hundred families, but there were sheep, horses and cows, with other useful animals, wholsome fruits, and land enough for corn for a hundred thousand times as many, but nothing in the island, either because of its commonness, or perishableness, fit to supply the place of money;
Bertan ehun familia-edo bakarrik bizi arren, badaude ardi, zaldi, behi eta beste animalia probetxugarri saldoa, fruitu osasungarriak, eta bertakoa baino ehun mila aldiz handiagoa den biztanleria elikatzeko zereala emanen duen lur eremu anitz. Hala ere, gauza gehienak zeharo arruntak edo galkorrak direnez, ez da uharte osoan diruaren funtzioa beteko duen ezer.