Had they seen the island, as I must necessarily suppose they did not, they must, as I thought, have endeavoured to have saved themselves on shore by the help of their boat; but their firing off guns for help, especially when they saw, as I imagined, my fire, filled me with many thoughts.
Lo que constituye la salvación de un hombre, es la ruina de otro, pues, al parecer, estos hombres, quienes quiera que fueran, al no tener conocimiento de aquellas rocas, total mente ocultas por el agua, habían sido empujados contra ellas durante toda la noche por un fuerte viento del este y del este-noreste.