However, Pencroft observed that the shore was more equal, that the ground rose, and he declared that it was joined by a long slope to a hill, whose massive front he thought that he could see looming indistinctly through the mist.
Sin embargo, Pencroff observó que el litoral era más escarpado, que el terreno subía, y supuso que debía llegar, por una rampa bastante larga, a una alta costa, cuya masa se perfilaba confusamente en la oscuridad.