This affair put an end to our pursuit of the canoe with the other savages, who were now almost out of sight; and it was happy for us that we did not, for it blew so hard within two hours after, and before they could be got a quarter of their way, and continued blowing so hard all night, and that from the north-west, which was against them, that I could not suppose their boat could live, or that they ever reached their own coast.
Questo avvenimento pose fine alla nostra caccia; intanto il canotto co’ fuggitivi era ormai quasi fuor della nostra vista; e noi ci tenemmo fortunati di essere stati distolti dai nostri disegni, dappoichè due ore dopo si levò un vento gagliardissimo, che durò tutta notte: il quale spirando da N. O. contrario a loro, non potettero certamente afferar la loro spiaggia.