But what the colonists could not do for themselves chance did for them, and on the 3rd of May shouts from Neb, who had stationed himself at the kitchen window, announced that the whale was stranded on the beach of the island.
Mais ce que les colons ne pouvaient faire, le hasard le fit pour eux, et le 3 mai, des cris de Nab, posté à la fenêtre de sa cuisine, annoncèrent que la baleine était échouée sur le rivage de l'île.