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.
Hij deed dit en was naauwelijks weg, of de wolven kwamen opzetten en sommigen er opspringen, toen ik eene pistool op het kruid losbrandde, en dat ontstak. Die op den stam waren, vielen gezengd neder, verscheidene sprongen tot midden onder ons.