Here it may be noted that the captain, who had ink on board, was greatly surprised that I never hit upon a way of making ink of charcoal and water, or of something else, as I had done things much more difficult.
Je leur contai l'histoire des seize Espagnols qu'ils avaient à attendre, pour lesquels je laissais une lettre, et je leur fis promettre de fraterniser avec eux.