It was to no purpose for them or us, after we were in the boat, to think of reaching their own ship; so all agreed to let her drive, and only to pull her in towards shore as much as we could; and our master promised them, that if the boat was staved upon shore, he would make it good to their master: so partly rowing and partly driving, our boat went away to the northward, sloping towards the shore almost as far as Winterton Ness.
Il eût été inutile de prétendre atteindre leur bâtiment: aussi l'avis commun fut-il de laisser aller la barque en dérive, et seulement de ramer le plus qu'on pourrait vers la côte, notre capitaine promettant, si la barque venait à se briser contre le rivage, d'en tenir compte à son patron. Ainsi, partie en ramant, partie en dérivant vers le Nord, notre bateau s'en alla obliquement presque jusqu'à Winterton-Ness.