About noon
wither am I going ? Why did I murmur at my lonesome condition , when now I would give the whole world to be thither again ? _ While I was thus complaining , I found myself to be driven about two leagues into the sea ; however , I laboured till my strength was far spent , to keep my boat as far north as possibly I could , to that side of the current where the eddy lay on . About noon I perceived a little breeze of wind spring up from the S.S.E. which overjoyed my heart ; and was still more elated , when , in about half an hour it blew a gentle fine gale . Had any thick weather sprung up , I had been left another way ; for having no compass onboard , I should never have found the way to steer towards the island , if once it had disappeared ; but it proving the contrary , I set up my mast again , spread my sail , and stood away northward , as much as I could , to get rid of the current . And no sooner did the boat begin to stretch away , but I perceived by the clearness of the water , a change of the current was near ; for , where it was strong , the water was foul ; and where it was clear the current abated . To the east , I soon saw about half a mile , a breach of the sea upon , some rocks , which caused it again to separate ; and as the main force of it drove away more southwardly , leaving the rocks to the north-east , so the other came back by the repulse of the rocks making a sharp eddy , which returned back again to the north-west with a very swift stream .