I knew not what was the particular occasion of it, but as I was reading in the Bible, and taken up with very serious thoughts about my present condition, I was surprised with the noise of a gun, as I thought, fired at sea.
Je ne sais plus quel en était le motif particulier, mais je lisais la Bible, et faisais de sérieuses réflexions sur ma situation, quand je fus surpris par un bruit semblable à un coup de canon tiré en mer.