When the three persons came to the creek, I found that two of them could swim, but the third could not, and that, standing on the other side, he looked at the others, but went no farther, and soon after went softly back again; which, as it happened, was very well for him in the end.
Al llegar al río, el salvaje se zambulló y ganó la ribera opuesta en unas treinta brazadas, a pesar de que la marea estaba alta. Luego volvió a echar a correr a una velocidad extraordinaria.