I had, indeed, found a tortoise on the shore, as big almost as I could lift, and had tossed it into the boat; and I had a great jar of fresh water, that is to say, one of my earthen pots; but what was all this to being driven into the vast ocean, where, to be sure, there was no shore, no mainland or island, for a thousand leagues at least?
Había encontrado una tortuga en la orilla, tan grande que casi no podía levantarla, y la había echado en el bote. Tenía una gran jarra de agua fresca, es decir, uno de mis cacharros de barro pero esto era todo con lo que contaba para lanzarme al vasto océano, donde, sin duda, no encontraría orilla, ni tierra firme, ni isla en, al menos, mil leguas.