_October_ 1.—In the morning I saw, to my great surprise, the ship had floated with the high tide, and was driven on shore again much nearer the island; which, as it was some comfort, on one hand—for, seeing her set upright, and not broken to pieces, I hoped, if the wind abated, I might get on board, and get some food and necessaries out of her for my relief—so, on the other hand, it renewed my grief at the loss of my comrades, who, I imagined, if we had all stayed on board, might have saved the ship, or, at least, that they would not have been all drowned as they were; and that, had the men been saved, we might perhaps have built us a boat out of the ruins of the ship to have carried us to some other part of the world.
Por la mañana vi, para mi sorpresa, que el barco se había desencallado al subir la marea y había sido arrastrado hasta muy cerca de la orilla. Por un lado, esto supuso un consuelo, porque, estando erguido y no desbaratado en mil pedazos, tenía la esperanza de subir a bordo cuando el viento amainara y rescatar los alimentos y las cosas que me hicieran falta; por otro lado, renovó mi pena por la pérdida de mis compañeros, ya que, de habernos quedado a bordo, habríamos salvado el barco o, al menos, no todos habrían perecido ahogados; si los hombres se hubiesen salvado, tal vez habríamos construido, con los restos del barco, un bote que nos pudiese llevar a alguna otra parte del mundo.