However, I found two pieces which appeared pretty good, and with these I went to work; and with a great deal of pains, and awkward stitching, you may be sure, for want of needles, I at length made a three-cornered ugly thing, like what we call in England a shoulder-of-mutton sail, to go with a boom at bottom, and a little short sprit at the top, such as usually our ships’ long-boats sail with, and such as I best knew how to manage, as it was such a one as I had to the boat in which I made my escape from Barbary, as related in the first part of my story.
Találtam azonban két darabot elviselhető állapotban, és ezekkel mindjárt ügyködni kezdtem. Mivel tűm nem volt, meglehetősen durva öltésekkel sikerült összefércelnem a darabokat, és a végeredmény leginkább ahhoz a vitorlához hasonlított, amelyet a móroktól menekülőben használtam a csónakomon, de a lényeg az, hogy sikerrel jártam.