Now I wished for my boy Xury, and the long-boat with shoulder-of-mutton sail, with which I sailed above a thousand miles on the coast of Africa; but this was in vain: then I thought I would go and look at our ship’s boat, which, as I have said, was blown up upon the shore a great way, in the storm, when we were first cast away.
Io m’augurava in quel punto il mio fanciullo Xury e la lunga scialuppa dalla vela di pelle di montone entro cui navigai per oltre a mille miglia lungo la costa dell’Africa; ma ciò era inutile. Mi nacque indi l’idea di tornare a visitare quella scialuppa che, come dissi già, fu lanciata a terra per sì lungo tratto di spiaggia al tempo del nostro naufragio.