When we had thus housed and secured our magazine of corn, we fell to work to make more wicker-ware, viz. great baskets, in which we kept it; and the Spaniard was very handy and dexterous at this part, and often blamed me that I did not make some things for defence of this kind of work; but I saw no need of it.
Cuando hubimos recogido y asegurado nuestro grano, nos dispusimos a hacer más cestos en los que guardarlo. El español era muy hábil y diestro en este menester y, a menudo, me recriminaba que no utilizara más este recurso pero a mí no me parecía necesario.