There was no wind stirring to help me, and all I could do with my paddles signified nothing: and now I began to give myself over for lost; for as the current was on both sides of the island, I knew in a few leagues distance they must join again, and then I was irrecoverably gone; nor did I see any possibility of avoiding it; so that I had no prospect before me but of perishing, not by the sea, for that was calm enough, but of starving from hunger.
Tőlem bal kézre, a másik áramlat, amelyhez igyekeztem, egyre távolabb és távolabb került. Szél sem fújt, ami a segítségemre lehetett volna, az evezőlapátjaimmal pedig nem mentem semmire.