Leaning my elbows on the beacon housing, which jutted from the stern of the platform, I got set to scour that whole stretch of sky and sea. But no sooner had I peered into the eyepiece than the instrument was snatched from my hands.
Tomando como soporte para el catalejo el saliente formado por el fanal, me disponía a observar a mi vez el punto indicado, cuando, antes incluso de que hubiera podido aplicar el ojo al ocular, se me arrancó brutalmente el instrumento de la mano.