Had they seen the island, as I must necessarily suppose they did not, they must, as I thought, have endeavoured to have saved themselves on shore by the help of their boat; but their firing off guns for help, especially when they saw, as I imagined, my fire, filled me with many thoughts.
C'est ainsi que ce qui est le salut de l'un fait la perte de l'autre; car il est probable que ce navire, quel qu'il fût, n'ayant aucune connaissance de ces roches entièrement cachées sous l'eau, y avait été poussé durant la nuit par un vent violent soufflant de l'Est et de l'Est-Nord-Est.