Well, for a day and
a night we sailed before the wind without making
very much offing, as land was still dimly in sight; but
at sunrise on the second day the wind freshened, the -



 

sea rose, darkness came on, and before we knew it we
could no longer even get our canvas in. Committing
ourselves to the gale and giving up, we drove for
seventy-nine days. On the eightieth day, however,
the sun came out suddenly and at no great distance
we saw a high, wooded island ringed about with
sounding surf, which, however, was not rough, as
already the worst of the storm was abating.
 This paragraph is based on Iambulus (Diod. 2. 55). Putting in and going ashore, we lay on the ground
for some time in consequence of our long misery, but
finally we arose and told off thirty of our number to
stay and guard the ship and twenty to go inland with
me and look over the island.