I concluded, as is indeed probable, that when the ship struck, it being in a storm, the sea broke so high and so continually over her, that the men were not able to bear it, and were strangled with the constant rushing in of the water, as much as if they had been under water.
Ik begreep, gelijk zeer waarschijnlijk was, dat toen het schip in den storm vastraakte, de zee zoo hoog liep en er zoo hevig in gekomen was, dat deze arme lieden er door verdronken of gesmoord waren, zoo goed als of zij onder water hadden gelegen.