While we were in this condition—the men yet labouring at the oar to bring the boat near the shore—we could see (when, our boat mounting the waves, we were able to see the shore) a great many people running along the strand to assist us when we should come near; but we made but slow way towards the shore; nor were we able to reach the shore till, being past the lighthouse at Winterton, the shore falls off to the westward towards Cromer, and so the land broke off a little the violence of the wind.
Mientras estábamos así, los hombres seguían remando para acercar el bote a la costa y podíamos ver, cuando subíamos a la cresta de una ola, que había un montón de gente en la orilla, corriendo de un lado a otro para socorrernos cuando llegáramos. Pero nos movíamos muy lentamente y no nos acercamos a la orilla hasta pasado el faro de Winterton, donde la costa hace una entrada hacia el oeste en dirección a Cromer.