Now, as the waves were not so high as at first, being nearer land, I held my hold till the wave abated, and then fetched another run, which brought me so near the shore that the next wave, though it went over me, yet did not so swallow me up as to carry me away; and the next run I took, I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
Alors je repris ma course, et je m'approchai tellement de la terre, que la nouvelle vague, quoiqu'elle me traversât, ne m'engloutit point assez pour m'entraîner. Enfin, après un dernier effort, je parvins à la terre ferme, où, à ma grande satisfaction, je gravis sur les rochers escarpés du rivage, et m'assis sur l'herbe, délivré de tout périls et à l'abri de toute atteinte de l'Océan.