At last, being eager to view the circumference of my little kingdom, I resolved upon my cruise; and accordingly I victualled my ship for the voyage, putting in two dozen of loaves (cakes I should call them) of barley-bread, an earthen pot full of parched rice (a food I ate a good deal of), a little bottle of rum, half a goat, and powder and shot for killing more, and two large watch-coats, of those which, as I mentioned before, I had saved out of the seamen’s chests; these I took, one to lie upon, and the other to cover me in the night.
Finalmente, ansioso por ver la periferia de mi pequeño reino, decidí emprender el viaje y pertreché mi embarcación para hacerlo. Embarqué dos docenas de panes (que más bien debería llamar bizcochos) de cebada, una vasija de barro llena de arroz seco, que era un alimento que solía consumir en gran cantidad, una pequeña botella de ron, media cabra, pólvora y municiones para cazar y dos grandes capas, de las que, como he dicho, rescaté de los arcones de los marineros.