In the act of offering up his last prayer ere he made up his mind to float and be eaten, he saw a man look over the quarter of the brig : he raised both his hands ; he jumped himself up in the water, and, by the singularity of his motions fortunately attracted notice.
En vouant ses dernières prières, avant de se décider à se laisser flotter et être dévoré, il vit un homme regarder par dessus le gaillard du brick : il leva les deux mains ; il s'agita au-dessus de la surface, et, par l'incongruité de ses mouvements, il attira heureusement l'attention.