在树上栖息 meaning in English

perch on the tree

This put me in mind of the first time when i came on shore , and began to look about me ; how i gave my self over for lost : how wildly i look d round me : what dreadful apprehensions i had : and how i lodg d in the tree all night for fear of being devour d by wild beasts
这使我想起自己第一次上岸的心情。那时，我举目四顾，认定自己必死无疑了我惶惶然四处张望，最后怕给野兽吃掉，提心吊胆地在树上栖息了一夜。