I swam round her twice, and the second time I spied a small piece of rope, which I wondered I did not see at first, hung down by the fore-chains so low, as that with great difficulty I got hold of it, and by the help of that rope I got up into the forecastle of the ship.
Dos veces le di la vuelta a nado y, en la segunda, advertí un pequeño pedazo de cuerda, que me asombró no haber visto antes, que colgaba de las cadenas de proa. Estaba tan baja que, si bien con mucha dificultad, pude agarrarla y subir por ella al castillo de proa.