Upon this, I told him the first thing we had to do was to stave the boat which lay upon the beach, so that they might not carry her of, and taking everything out of her, leave her so far useless as not to be fit to swim.
Al capitán le pareció que esta presunción era razonable. Entonces, le dije que lo primero que debíamos hacer era evitar que se llevaran la chalupa, que estaba en la playa, vaciándola para que no pudieran utilizarla.