It was a dismal sight to look at; the ship, which by its building was Spanish, stuck fast, jammed in between two rocks. All the stern and quarter of her were beaten to pieces by the sea; and as her forecastle, which stuck in the rocks, had run on with great violence, her mainmast and foremast were brought by the board—that is to say, broken short off; but her bowsprit was sound, and the head and bow appeared firm.
Het was een treurig gezigt; het schip, dat van Spaansche bouworde was, zat tusschen twee rotsen vastgeklemd; de zee had het van achteren en op zijde reeds geheel aan stukken geslagen, en daar het voorschip met groot geweld tusschen de klippen was geworpen, waren de fokke en groote mast kort afgebroken, maar de boegspriet was heel en de voorsteven scheen nog geheel onbeschadigd.