Note (return) — A RAFT THAT NO MAN MADE.
Reading edition
“‘T was n’ all hard ice, but many places lolly;21 an once I goed right down wi’ my hand-wristès an’ my armes in cold water, part-ways to the bottom o’ th’ ocean; and a’most head-first into un, as I’d a-been in wi’ my legs afore: but, thanks be to God! ’E helped me out of un, but colder an’ wetter agen.