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.
Rimastine abbrustoliti quelli che erano sul pancone, sei o sette di essi caddero; ma i più balzati dalla paura e dal bruciore del fuoco, spiccarono un salto entro la nostra trincea, ove facemmo presto a spacciarli. I lupi di fuori spaventati da tale vampa improvvisa che il buio della notte già sopraggiunto rendea più spaventosa, rincularono un poco.