I had run so much hazard, and knew too much of the case, to think of attempting it by the way I went out; and what might be at the other side (I mean the west side) I knew not, nor had I any mind to run any more ventures; so I resolved on the next morning to make my way westward along the shore, and to see if there was no creek where I might lay up my frigate in safety, so as to have her again if I wanted her.
Tampoco sabía qué podía encontrar en la otra orilla (es decir, en la occidental), ni tenía intenciones de volver a aventurarme. Por tanto, a la mañana siguiente, resolví recorrer la costa en dirección oeste y ver si encontraba algún río donde pudiera dejar a salvo la piragua para disponer de ella si la necesitaba.