By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping me down; and there lay the Hispaniola right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.

• 幸亏我的运气不错，不论我怎么划桨，潮水总是把我往下游冲，而西斯潘尼奥拉号正好停泊在下游，所以要错过也不大可能。