They had left two men in the boat, who, as I found afterwards, having drunk a little too much brandy, fell asleep; however, one of them waking a little sooner than the other and finding the boat too fast aground for him to stir it, hallooed out for the rest, who were straggling about: upon which they all soon came to the boat: but it was past all their strength to launch her, the boat being very heavy, and the shore on that side being a soft oozy sand, almost like a quicksand.
Sin embargo, uno de ellos se despertó antes que el otro y, viendo la chalupa tan encallada que no podría sacarla solo de allí, comenzó a llamar a sus compañeros que andaban dando vueltas por los alrededores. Alertados por los gritos, acudieron rápidamente a la chalupa, mas no tuvieron fuerzas para echarla al agua, pues era muy pesada y, en esa parte de la playa, la arena era blanda y fangosa.