from a large ferry boat.

从一个大渡船上
And he describes one day praying especially hard

他描述说有一天的非常艰苦
when he got out to the tip of Mobile Bay,

当他到达莫比尔湾的一端时
and the tide brought in an old rickety rowboat,

潮水带来了一个老旧的划艇
and he tipped over the rowboat,

他翻过那个划艇
took a plank of wood and he just started rowing out into the ocean.

利用一块木板把船划向大海
And in quite dramatic form

以一种非常戏剧化的形式
he-- which is no doubt a little embellished--

毫无疑问他进行过润饰
he describes how a wave is about to swamp his little boat,

他描述有一个波浪将要打翻他的小船
and he hears oars,

他听到了桨声
and the oars were a Union gunboat with eight sailors.

一个八个水手的联邦炮舰发出的桨声
They said, "Jump in."

他们说 "跳进来"