In the event of a landing being effected without their having been able to prevent it, and also if they saw that they were on the point of being cut off by the brig's boat, Ayrton and Pencroft were to return in their boat to the shore and proceed towards the threatened spot.
En el caso que se efectuara un desembarco sin que lo pudieran impedir o en el de verse rodeados por alguna embarcación del brick, Pencroff y Ayrton debían volver con la piragua a la isla y dirigirse al punto más amenazado.