But when we got them to the outside of our wall, or fortification, we were at a worse loss than before, for it was impossible to get them over, and I was resolved not to break it down; so I set to work again, and Friday and I, in about two hours’ time, made a very handsome tent, covered with old sails, and above that with boughs of trees, being in the space without our outward fence and between that and the grove of young wood which I had planted; and here we made them two beds of such things as I had—viz. of good rice-straw, with blankets laid upon it to lie on, and another to cover them, on each bed.
Anche qui mi diedi a pensare; e, tra Venerdì e me, in meno di due ore di tempo avevamo piantata una tenda, da vero assai elegante, composta di pezzi di vele e coperta di rami d’alberi. Stava questa nello spianato esterno della nostra fortezza tra essa e il boschetto di giovani piante ch’io m’avea fatto recentemente; qui alla meglio composi due letti delle cose che aveva: cioè di paglia di riso e di due coperte, la prima perchè vi giacessero sopra, la seconda perchè vi stessero sotto in ciascun letto.