translation.ca: Un rai d'estaques que hi havia al riu l'invitava, i ell s'assegué en son caire d'enfora, i contempla l'ombrívola extensió del corrent, no desitjant aleshores sinó d'ofegar-se de cop i volta, i sense ataleiar-se'n, sense sofrir l'inconfortable tramit enginyat per la natura.
translation.en: A log raft in the river invited him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and contemplated the dreary vastness of the stream, wishing, the while, that he could only be drowned, all at once and unconsciously, without undergoing the uncomfortable routine devised by nature.