But that which surprised me most was, that the ship was lifted off in the night from the sand where she lay by the swelling of the tide, and was driven up almost as far as the rock which I at first mentioned, where I had been so bruised by the wave dashing me against it.
Tot mijne verbazing zag ik, dat het schip des nachts, van de zandbank, waarop het lag, door den vloed vlot geraakt, en tot bij de klip gedreven was, waar ik, gelijk ik zeide, zoo tegen aan was geworpen.