This duty done, I was to join my companions on the raft, which had not yet been unloaded; we should then push off as far as we could and avoid the dangers arising from the explosion, the effects of which were not likely to be confined to the rock itself.
Cela fait, je devais rejoindre mes compagnons sur le radeau qui n'avait point été déchargé; puis nous prendrions au large, afin de parer aux dangers de l'explosion, dont les effets pouvaient ne pas se concentrer à l'intérieur du massif.