Francisco would have continued his task of humanity, but the parted
vessel had now been riven into fragments by the force of the waves, and
the whole beach was strewed with her timbers and her stores, which were
dashed on shore by the waters, and then swept back again by the return.
In a short time the severe blows he received from these fragments
disabled him from further exertion, and he sank exhausted on the sand;
indeed, all further attempts were useless. All on board the vessel had
been launched into the sea at the same moment, and those who were not
now on shore were past all succour. Francisco walked up to those who
had been saved: he found twelve of them were recovered and sitting on
their hams; the rest were still in a state of insensibility. He then
went up to the knoll, where his chest and provisions had been placed,
and, throwing himself down by them, surveyed the scene.