In a word, I gave them every part of my own story; and told them I should prevail with the captain to leave them two barrels of gunpowder more, and some garden-seeds, which I told them I would have been very glad of. Also, I gave them the bag of peas which the captain had brought me to eat, and bade them be sure to sow and increase them.
Kortom, ik verhaalde hun al mijn wedervaren, en beloofde den kapitein te zullen overhalen hun nog twee vaatjes kruid en wat tuinzaden achter te laten; ook gaf ik hun den zak met erwten, die de kapitein medegebragt had, en noodigde hen uit die te zaaijen.