All this while the storm increased, and the sea went very high, though nothing like what I have seen many times since; no, nor what I saw a few days after; but it was enough to affect me then, who was but a young sailor, and had never known anything of the matter.
Pendant ce temps la tempête croissait, et la mer devint très-grosse, quoique ce ne fût rien en comparaison de ce que j'ai vu depuis, et même seulement quelques jours après, c'en fut assez pour affecter un novice tel que moi.