Such impression did this make upon me, that after the storm was over I laid aside all my works, my building and fortifying, and applied myself to make bags and boxes, to separate the powder, and to keep it a little and a little in a parcel, in the hope that, whatever might come, it might not all take fire at once; and to keep it so apart that it should not be possible to make one part fire another.
Tanto me impresionó este hecho, que dejé a un lado todas mis tareas de construcción y fortificación y me dediqué a hacer bolsas y cajas para separar la pólvora en pequeñas cantidades, con la esperanza de que, si pasaba algo, no se encendiera toda al mismo tiempo, y aislar esas pequeñas cantidades, de manera que el fuego no pudiera propagarse de una bolsa a otra.