Just as I had set my mast and sail, and the boat began to stretch away, I saw even by the clearness of the water some alteration of the current was near; for where the current was so strong the water was foul; but perceiving the water clear, I found the current abate; and presently I found to the east, at about half a mile, a breach of the sea upon some rocks: these rocks I found caused the current to part again, and as the main stress of it ran away more southerly, leaving the rocks to the north-east, so the other returned by the repulse of the rocks, and made a strong eddy, which ran back again to the north-west, with a very sharp stream.
À peine avais-je dressé mon mât et ma voile, à peine la pirogue commençait-elle à forcer au plus près, que je m'apperçus par la limpidité de l'eau que quelque changement allait survenir dans le courant, car l'eau était trouble dans les endroits les plus violents. En remarquant la clarté de l'eau, je sentis le courant qui s'affaiblissait, et au même instant je vis à l'Est, à un demi-mille environ, la mer qui déferlait contre les roches.