Having fitted my mast and sail, and tried the boat, I found she would sail very well; then I made little lockers or boxes at each end of my boat, to put provisions, necessaries, ammunition, &c., into, to be kept dry, either from rain or the spray of the sea; and a little, long, hollow place I cut in the inside of the boat, where I could lay my gun, making a flap to hang down over it to keep it dry.
Entonces le hice unos pequeños armarios o cajones a cada extremo para colocar mis provisiones y municiones y evitar que se mojaran con la lluvia o las salpicaduras del mar. Luego hice una larga hendidura en el interior de la piragua para colocar la escopeta y le puse una tapa para asegurarla contra la humedad.