There was no wind stirring to help me, and all I could do with my paddles signified nothing: and now I began to give myself over for lost; for as the current was on both sides of the island, I knew in a few leagues distance they must join again, and then I was irrecoverably gone; nor did I see any possibility of avoiding it; so that I had no prospect before me but of perishing, not by the sea, for that was calm enough, but of starving from hunger.
Comencé a darme por vencido pues, como había corrientes a ambos lados de la isla, sabía que a pocas leguas, se encontrarían y yo me vería irremisiblemente perdido. Tampoco veía cómo evitarlo y no me quedaba otra alternativa que perecer, no a causa del mar, que estaba muy calmado, sino de hambre.