while a small party guarded the very end of the island, towards Pylos, which was precipitous on the sea-side and very difficult to attack from the land, and where there was also a sort of old fort of stones rudely put together, which they thought might be useful to them, in case they should be forced to retreat.
talde urri batek zaintzen zuen uhartearen ertza Pilosen aurrez aurre, itsasotik malkartsua eta lehorretik armaz hartzen zaila zen aldea bera, zeren bertan, halabeharrez, lehenago harriak pilatuta egindako defentsa batzuk baitzeuden, haren ustez baliagarri izango zitzaizkienak, erretreta egin beharra bazuen.