I was loth to spend our shot too hastily; so I called my servant, not my man Friday, for he was better employed, for, with the greatest dexterity imaginable, he had charged my fusee and his own while we were engaged—but, as I said, I called my other man, and giving him a horn of powder, I had him lay a train all along the piece of timber, and let it be a large train.
La pólvora se incendió y todos los que estaban encima del tronco se quemaron y seis o siete cayeron, saltaron, más bien, por la intensidad del fuego. A estos los liquidamos en un momento y los demás, se asustaron tanto con el resplandor de la explosión, más intenso por la oscuridad de la noche, que se retiraron un poco.