My clothes, too, began to decay; as to linen, I had had none a good while, except some chequered shirts which I found in the chests of the other seamen, and which I carefully preserved; because many times I could bear no other clothes on but a shirt; and it was a very great help to me that I had, among all the men’s clothes of the ship, almost three dozen of shirts.
Mes habits aussi commençaient à s'user; quant au linge je n'en avais plus depuis long-temps, excepté quelques chemises rayées que j'avais trouvées dans les coffres des matelots, et que je conservais soigneusement, parce que souvent je ne pouvais endurer d'autres vêtements qu'une chemise.