We must mention here that Pencroft, desirous to know if the clay thus prepared was worthy of its name of pipe-clay, made some large pipes, which he thought charming, but for which, alas! he had no tobacco, and that was a great privation to Pencroft.
Aquí debemos advertir que Pencroff, deseoso de saber si aquella arcilla así preparada justificaba su nombre de barro de pipa, se fabricó algunas pipas bastante burdas, que halló admirables, y a las cuales no faltaba más que el tabaco.