_October_ 1.—In the morning I saw, to my great surprise, the ship had floated with the high tide, and was driven on shore again much nearer the island; which, as it was some comfort, on one hand—for, seeing her set upright, and not broken to pieces, I hoped, if the wind abated, I might get on board, and get some food and necessaries out of her for my relief—so, on the other hand, it renewed my grief at the loss of my comrades, who, I imagined, if we had all stayed on board, might have saved the ship, or, at least, that they would not have been all drowned as they were; and that, had the men been saved, we might perhaps have built us a boat out of the ruins of the ship to have carried us to some other part of the world.
Ez egyrészről örömre adott okot, mert viszonylag sértetlennek tűnt, és így remélhettem, hogy ha elül a szél, magammal hozhatom onnan mindazt az élelmiszert és szükséges tárgyakat, amelyek kisegíthetnek a bajban. Másrészről viszont újjáéledt bennem a bánat társaim elvesztése miatt, mert úgy gondoltam, hogyha a fedélzeten maradunk, megmenthetjük a hajót is, vagy legalább nem fulladtak volna vízbe mindannyian.