Such certainly was the case of these men, of whom I could not so much as see room to suppose any were saved; nothing could make it rational so much as to wish or expect that they did not all perish there, except the possibility only of their being taken up by another ship in company; and this was but mere possibility indeed, for I saw not the least sign or appearance of any such thing.
Aquella había sido, sin duda, la suerte de estos hombres y no tenía razones para suponer que alguno de ellos se hubiese salvado. No podía esperar ni desear que no hubiesen muerto todos, a no ser que hubiesen sido rescatados por otra embarcación, lo cual era muy poco probable, pues no veía ninguna señal o rastro de que algo así hubiese sucedido.