I did my utmost, by setting my back against the chests, to keep them in their places, but could not thrust off the raft with all my strength; neither durst I stir from the posture I was in; but holding up the chests with all my might, I stood in that manner near half-an-hour, in which time the rising of the water brought me a little more upon a level; and a little after, the water still-rising, my raft floated again, and I thrust her off with the oar I had into the channel, and then driving up higher, I at length found myself in the mouth of a little river, with land on both sides, and a strong current of tide running up.
Végre, mintegy félóra múlva, az emelkedő tengervíz segítségemre sietett, előbb vízszintbe állította, majd az akadályról leemelte a tutajomat. Evezőmmel ekkor arrafelé igyekeztem, ahol gyorsabbnak láttam a víz áramlását, és rövidesen egy kis folyó torkolatában találtam magam.