or I shall perish. If I be drowned, I lose nothing, but only change one kind of death for another; and if I get out of this fatal place, I shall not only avoid the sad fate of my comrades, but perhaps find some new occasion of enriching myself.
Who knows but fortune waits, upon my getting off this dangerous shelf, to compensate my shipwreck with usury.”
I immediately went to work upon large pieces of timber and cables, for I had choice of them,
or I shall perish. If I be drowned, I lose nothing, but only change one kind of death for another; and if I get out of this fatal place, I shall not only avoid the sad fate of my comrades, but perhaps find some new occasion of enriching myself.
Who knows but fortune waits, upon my getting off this dangerous shelf, to compensate my shipwreck with usury.”
I immediately went to work upon large pieces of timber and cables, for I had choice of them,
