Here I found that the ship was bulged, and had a great deal of water in her hold, but that she lay so on the side of a bank of hard sand, or, rather earth, that her stern lay lifted up upon the bank, and her head low, almost to the water. By this means all her quarter was free, and all that was in that part was dry; for you may be sure my first work was to search, and to see what was spoiled and what was free.
Hier zag ik, dat het schip gebarsten was en vrij wat water in het ruim had; maar het lag zoo op eene bank van hard zand of liever aarde, dat het van achteren hoog op de bank, en met den kop bijkans in het water lag; hierdoor was het geheele achterschip heel, en al wat daar was, droog gebleven.