But their greatest discouragement arose from the unexpectedly long time which it took to reduce a body of men shut up in a desert island, with only brackish water to drink, a matter which they had imagined would take them only a few days.
Etsipen itzela eragiten zien euren kalkuluetatik harago zirauen setioak, zeren uste baitzuten egun gutxitan behartuko zituztela kapitulatzera irla bakarti hartan ur gazikara baino ez zutenak.