They had left two men in the boat, who, as I found afterwards, having drunk a little too much brandy, fell asleep; however, one of them waking a little sooner than the other and finding the boat too fast aground for him to stir it, hallooed out for the rest, who were straggling about: upon which they all soon came to the boat: but it was past all their strength to launch her, the boat being very heavy, and the shore on that side being a soft oozy sand, almost like a quicksand.
Két ember hátramaradt ugyan a csónakban, de ezek úgy berúgtak a túl sok brandytől, hogy elaludtak. Az egyik aztán hamarosan felriadt, és amikor észrevette, hogy a csónak a szárazon ragadt, a többiekért kiáltott.