By diligent use of the poles, putting the ends in a series of notches cut below the gunwale, the boatmen managed to keep the craft against the stream, and slowly urged it in a slanting direction towards the right bank. They calculated on reaching it some five or six versts below the landing place; but, after all, that would not matter so long as men and beasts could disembark without accident.
Horretarako, haga muturrak karelaren beheko aldean egindako koska batzuetan bermatu eta gabarrariek ontzia saiheska eramatea lortu zuten, pixkaka-pixkaka ezkerraldeko ibai bazterrerantz hurbiltzen zirela. Kalkulua egin eta ziurtasunez esan zitekeen ibairatzeko puntutik bospasei versta beherago lehorreratuko zirela, baina, axola gutxi horrek, abereak eta pertsonak kalterik gabe iritsiz gero.