But our patron, warned by this disaster, resolved to take more care of himself for the future; and having lying by him the longboat of our English ship that he had taken, he resolved he would not go a-fishing any more without a compass and some provision; so he ordered the carpenter of his ship, who also was an English slave, to build a little state-room, or cabin, in the middle of the long-boat, like that of a barge, with a place to stand behind it to steer, and haul home the main-sheet; the room before for a hand or two to stand and work the sails.
Entonces, le ordenó al carpintero de su barco, que también era un esclavo inglés, que construyera un pequeño camarote o cabina en medio de la chalupa, como las que tienen las barcazas, con espacio suficiente a popa, para que se pudiese largar la vela mayor y, a proa, para que dos hombres pudiesen manipular las velas. La chalupa navegaba con una vela triangular, que llamábamos lomo de cordero y la bomba estaba asegurada sobre el techo del camarote.