The coast before us had a wild and desert appearance,--it looked better towards the left; but I could not approach that part, for a current which drove us towards the rocky and barren shore.

At length we saw, near the mouth of a rivulet, a little creek between the rocks, towards which our geese and ducks made, serving us for guides.

This opening formed a little bay of smooth water, just deep enough for our boat.

I cautiously entered it, and landed at a place where the coast was about the height of our tubs, and the water deep enough to let us approach.

The shore spread inland, forming a gentle declivity of a triangular form, the point lost among the rocks, and the base to the sea.
All that were able leaped on shore in a moment.