向岛

• This eddy carryed me about a league in my way back again directly towards the island , but about two leagues more to the northward than the current which carried me away at first ; so that when i came near the island , i found my self open to the northern shore of it , that is to say , the other end of the island opposite to that which i went out from
  这股回流一直把我往岛上的方向冲了约三海里，但与先前把我冲向海外的那股急流相距六海里多，方向偏北。因此，当我靠近海岛时，发现自己正驶向岛的北岸，而我这次航行出发的地方是岛的南岸。