I gave him an account of the wreck which I had been on board of, and showed him, as near as I could, the place where she lay; but she was all beaten in pieces before, and gone.
Nel dare ad esso un’idea del vascello su cui feci naufragio, gli accennai, come potevasi in quella distanza, il luogo ove arrenò; ma, andato in pezzi da tanto tempo, non ne rimanea più vestigio.