It was now harvest, and our crop in good order: it was not the most plentiful increase I had seen in the island, but, however, it was enough to answer our end; for from twenty-two bushels of barley we brought in and thrashed out above two hundred and twenty bushels; and the like in proportion of the rice; which was store enough for our food to the next harvest, though all the sixteen Spaniards had been on shore with me; or, if we had been ready for a voyage, it would very plentifully have victualled our ship to have carried us to any part of the world; that is to say, any part of America.
A termés csak közepes lett, mindazonáltal az elültetett mennyiség tízszerese volt az aratás eredménye. Így hát nem volt okunk aggódni még akkor sem, ha a tizenhat spanyol máris itt termett volna a szigeten.