About four o'clock, Pencroft leaving the point of the islet on his left, entered the channel which separated it from the coast, and at five o'clock the anchor of the "Bonadventure" was buried in the sand at the mouth of the Mercy.
Vers quatre heures, Pencroff, laissant sur sa gauche la pointe de l'îlot, entrait dans le canal qui le séparait de la côte, et, à cinq heures, l'ancre du Bonadventure mordait le fond de sable à l'embouchure de la Mercy.