As to a mast, that was easy enough to get; so I pitched upon a straight young cedar-tree, which I found near the place, and which there were great plenty of in the island, and I set Friday to work to cut it down, and gave him directions how to shape and order it.
Árbocot és vitorlát akartam hozzá. Egyenes, fiatal cédrust szemeltem ki az erdőben, bőséggel volt belőlük errefelé, és utasításokkal láttam el Pénteket, miként faragjon árbocot belőle.