Many a weary stroke it had cost, you may be sure; and had I gotten it into the water, I make no question, but I should have begun the maddest voyage, and the most unlikely to be performed, that ever was undertaken.
Nu bleef er slechts over haar te water te laten loopen. Zoo ik dit had kunnen doen, twijfel ik niet of ik zou de dolzinnigste en gewaagdste reis ondernomen hebben, die ooit bij iemand opgekomen was.