I observed also that there was a place at the farther side of it that went in further, but was so low that it required me to creep upon my hands and knees to go into it, and whither it went I knew not; so, having no candle, I gave it over for that time, but resolved to go again the next day provided with candles and a tinder-box, which I had made of the lock of one of the muskets, with some wildfire in the pan.
Où aboutissait-elle, je l'ignorais. N'ayant point de flambeau, je remis la partie à une autre fois, et je résolus de revenir le lendemain pourvu de chandelles, et d'un briquet que j'avais fait avec une batterie de mousquet dans le bassinet de laquelle je mettais une pièce d'artifice.