Owing, however, to the Tramontana rising a little, and the sea growing somewhat rough, it was impossible for us to keep a straight course for Majorca, and we were compelled to coast in the direction of Oran, not without great uneasiness on our part lest we should be observed from the town of Shershel, which lies on that coast, not more than sixty miles from Algiers.
»Pero, a causa de soplar un poco el viento tramontana y estar la mar algo picada, no fue posible seguir la derrota de Mallorca, y fuenos forzoso dejarnos ir tierra a tierra la vuelta de Orán, no sin mucha pesadumbre nuestra, por no ser descubiertos del lugar de Sargel, que en aquella costa cae sesenta millas de Argel.