I knew not what was the particular occasion of it, but as I was reading in the Bible, and taken up with very serious thoughts about my present condition, I was surprised with the noise of a gun, as I thought, fired at sea.
Stava leggendo la mia Bibbia, nè mi ricordo a qual punto di essa mi sorgessero gravissimi pensieri su la presente mia condizione, quando mi sorprese un fragore di cannone sparato, come non ne dubitai, da gente che stava sul mare.