First, I imagined that upon seeing my light they might have put themselves into their boat, and endeavoured to make the shore: but that the sea running very high, they might have been cast away.
Ha látták volna maguk előtt a szigetet, a hajó utasai alighanem megpróbálnak csónakkal a szigetre menekülni, különösen, ha észreveszik a jelzőtüzemet.