The crews raced for the beach ; but the boat i was in , having some start , and being at once the lighter and the better manned , shot far ahead of her consort , and the bow had struck among the shoreside trees , and i had caught a branch at swung myself out , and plunged into the nearest thicket , while silver and the rest were still a hundred yards behind 水手们竞先向岸划去，但是我乘的划子，由于起划略早，舟身较轻，配备的桨手好一些，远远地划在它的同伴的前头，船首一头插在岸上的树丛里，于是我一把拽住根枝条，荡了出去，接着便钻进了最近的灌木丛，这时西尔弗和其余的人还在身后一百码的地方哩。
