Other times I imagined that they might have lost their boat before, as might be the case many ways; particularly by the breaking of the sea upon their ship, which many times obliged men to stave, or take in pieces, their boat, and sometimes to throw it overboard with their own hands.
Dan weder verbeeldde ik mij, dat zij vroeger hunne boot zouden verloren hebben, gelijk meermalen gebeurt, vooral door het overkomen van zware stortzeeën, die het volk dikwijls dwingen de verbrijzelde sloep met eigen handen over boord te werpen.