While we were in this condition—the men yet labouring at the oar to bring the boat near the shore—we could see (when, our boat mounting the waves, we were able to see the shore) a great many people running along the strand to assist us when we should come near; but we made but slow way towards the shore; nor were we able to reach the shore till, being past the lighthouse at Winterton, the shore falls off to the westward towards Cromer, and so the land broke off a little the violence of the wind.
A matrózok erejüket megfeszítve eveztek, hogy közelebb érhessünk a parthoz. Valahányszor csónakunkat valamelyik hullámóriás a hátára vette, láttuk a tengerpartra tömegestül tóduló embereket, akik arra vártak, hogy segíthessenek, ha a közelükben leszünk.