In this distress, the wind still blowing very hard, one of our men early in the morning cried out, “Land!” and we had no sooner run out of the cabin to look out, in hopes of seeing whereabouts in the world we were, than the ship struck upon a sand, and in a moment her motion being so stopped, the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
Mindenki a fedélzetre sietett, hátha megállapíthatjuk, mely táján járunk a világnak. E pillanatban a hajó megfeneklett egy homokpadon, a hullámok pedig tüstént olyan erővel csaptak át rajta, hogy menekülnünk kellett a fedélzetről.