When they had all declared their willingness to stay, I then told them I would let them into the story of my living there, and put them into the way of making it easy to them. Accordingly, I gave them the whole history of the place, and of my coming to it; showed them my fortifications, the way I made my bread, planted my corn, cured my grapes; and, in a word, all that was necessary to make them easy.
Después de cerciorarme de que estaban dispuestos a quedarse en la isla, les dije que deseaba contarles la historia de mi vida en aquel lugar, a fin de facilitarles un poco las cosas. Por consiguiente, les hice una detallada descripción del lugar y de mi llegada.