The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.
I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.
Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

