We would not get down our topmast, but let all stand, because she scudded before the sea very well, and we knew that the top-mast being aloft, the ship was the wholesomer, and made better way through the sea, seeing we had sea-room.
Eta ez genuen ontzi-haga eraitsi nahi izan, baizik eta hantxe utzi dena, zeren eta, oso ongi baikindoazen itsasoan aurrera eta bai baikenekien ontzi-haga jasota ontzia eztikiago eta hobeto zihoala itsasoan zehar, ikusirik bagenuela maniobratzeko tokia.