There were also, indeed, several thick watch-coats of the seamen’s which were left, but they were too hot to wear; and though it is true that the weather was so violently hot that there was no need of clothes, yet I could not go quite naked—no, though I had been inclined to it, which I was not—nor could I abide the thought of it, though I was alone.
Er waren ook verscheidene dikke buizen van de matrozen, maar deze waren te warm om te dragen, en hoewel het luchtgestel zoo geweldig heet was, dat men geene kleederen behoefde, kon ik toch niet geheel naakt gaan, al had ik er lust toe gehad, hetgeen in 't geheel het geval niet was, want ik kon, ofschoon ik geheel alleen was, het denkbeeld er van niet verdragen.