Therefore there seemed no reason to doubt that during the storm there had been a sudden change of wind unperceived by us, which had brought our raft back to the shore which we thought we had left so long a distance behind us.
Er viel dus niet meer aan te twijfelen, gedurende den storm was de wind omgeloopen, zonder dat wij het bemerkten, en had het vlot teruggedreven naar de oevers, die mijn oom meende achter zich te hebben.