However, I worked hard till, indeed, my strength was almost exhausted, and kept my boat as much to the northward, that is, towards the side of the current which the eddy lay on, as possibly I could; when about noon, as the sun passed the meridian, I thought I felt a little breeze of wind in my face, springing up from SSE.
No obstante, me esforcé, hasta quedar exhausto, por mantener el rumbo de mi bote hacia el norte, es decir, hacia la margen de la corriente donde estaba el remolino. Cerca del mediodía me pareció sentir en el rostro una leve brisa que soplaba desde el sur-sudeste.