After all, Xury’s advice was good, and I took it; we dropped our little anchor, and lay still all night; I say still, for we slept none; for in two or three hours we saw vast great creatures (we knew not what to call them) of many sorts, come down to the sea-shore and run into the water, wallowing and washing themselves for the pleasure of cooling themselves; and they made such hideous howlings and yellings, that I never indeed heard the like.
A vízhez rohantak, belegázoltak, és fürdőzés közben igyekeztek lehűteni testüket. Közben olyan rettentő vonítást és üvöltést hallattak, amihez foghatót még soha nem tapasztaltam.