They had two canoes with them, which they had hauled up upon the shore; and as it was then ebb of tide, they seemed to me to wait for the return of the flood to go away again.
Avevano rimurchiate alla spiaggia le due piroghe che li condussero, ed essendo quella l’ora del riflusso, aspettavano, a quanto congetturai, il ritorno del flusso per andarsene via nuovamente.