About ten o'clock, Gideon Spilett and his companions stripped themselves of their clothes, which they placed in bundles on their heads, and then ventured into the water, which was not more than five feet deep.
En efecto, hacia las seis, Gedeón Spilett y sus dos compañeros se despojaron de sus vestidos, hicieron con ellos un hato que se pusieron en la cabeza y se aventuraron por el canal, cuya profundidad no pasaba de cinco pies.