It was just at high-water when these people came on shore; and while they rambled about to see what kind of a place they were in, they had carelessly stayed till the tide was spent, and the water was ebbed considerably away, leaving their boat aground.
Éppen tetőzött a dagály, amikor a csónak és utasai partot értek, de miközben a matrózok felfedezőútra indultak, a dagály lassan elmúlt. A víz visszahúzódott, a csónak pedig megfeneklett a homokon.