³⁰ Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.

¹⁶ We sailed along the sheltered side of a small island named Cauda,^[a] where with great difficulty we hoisted aboard the lifeboat being towed behind us.

³² So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.