With all the sail I could make, I found I should not be able to come in their way, but that they would be gone by before I could make any signal to them: but after I had crowded to the utmost, and began to despair, they, it seems, saw by the help of their glasses that it was some European boat, which they supposed must belong to some ship that was lost; so they shortened sail to let me come up.
Aunque desplegamos todas las velas, me di cuenta de que no podríamos alcanzarlo y desaparecería antes de que yo pudiera hacerle cualquier señal. Cuando había puesto el bote a toda marcha y comenzaba a desesperar, ellos me vieron a mí, al parecer, con la ayuda de su catalejo.