A few dozen being collected, were packed in the sailor's handkerchief, and as the time when the tide would be full was approaching, Pencroft and Herbert began to redescend towards the watercourse.
Recogieron varias docenas, que pusieron en el pañuelo del marino, y, acercándose el momento de la pleamar, Harbert y –Pencroff empezaron a descender hacia el río.