However, I found that being between two great currents—viz. that on the south side, which had hurried me away, and that on the north, which lay about a league on the other side; I say, between these two, in the wake of the island, I found the water at least still, and running no way; and having still a breeze of wind fair for me, I kept on steering directly for the island, though not making such fresh way as I did before.
Tőlem délre volt az, amely kisodort a tengerre, több kilométerre északra pedig a másik. Itt a kettő közt, a sziget végénél, nyugodt volt a víz, és mivel a szél még mindig fújt, az eddiginél lassabban ugyan, de továbbra is a sziget irányába vitorláztam.