“ The island is shrinking day by day, ” wrote Hoffmann after a visit in September, “and if this destruction, of which we were witnesses, proceeds..., the storms of the coming winter will suffice to demolish [it] within a few months. ”
وقد رأينا ذلك بأم اعيننا .‏ وإذا استمرت عملية انهيارها .‏ .‏ .‏ ،‏ فلن تحتاج عواصف الشتاء القادم إلا اشهرا قليلة لتخفي كل اثر لها » .‏