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). I fell ill (я заболел; to fall ill – заболеть). I died (и умер). I buried myself (и сам себя похоронил).

Would that others who write sea stories would do as much (вот бы и те, другие, кто пишет морские рассказы, поступили бы так же; as much – столько же; именно так).

Sick with the sense of human ingratitude I sank upon the sand.

The island became my home.

There I eked out a miserable existence, feeding on sand and gravel and dressing myself in cactus plants. Years passed. Eating sand and mud slowly undermined my robust constitution. I fell ill. I died. I buried myself.

Would that others who write sea stories would do as much.