But I must observe, too, that at first this was a confused heap of goods, which, as they lay in no order, so they took up all my place; I had no room to turn myself: so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it: and so when I found I was pretty safe as to beasts of prey, I worked sideways, to the right hand, into the rock; and then, turning to the right again, worked quite out, and made me a door to come out on the outside of my pale or fortification.
Así, pues, me di a la tarea de agrandar mi cueva, excavando más profundamente en la tierra, que era de roca arenosa y cedía fácilmente a mi trabajo. Cuando me sentí a salvo de las bestias de presa, comencé a excavar caminos laterales en la roca; primero hacia la derecha y, luego, nuevamente hacia la derecha, lo cual me permitió contar con un angosto acceso por el que entrar y salir de mi empalizada o fortificación.