I was surprised, and yet very well pleased, to see the young trees grow; and I pruned them, and led them up to grow as much alike as I could; and it is scarce credible how beautiful a figure they grew into in three years; so that though the hedge made a circle of about twenty-five yards in diameter, yet the trees, for such I might now call them, soon covered it, and it was a complete shade, sufficient to lodge under all the dry season.
On ne saurait croire la belle figure qu'ils firent au bout de trois ans. Ma haie formait un cercle d'environ trente-cinq verges de diamètre; cependant ces arbres, car alors je pouvais les appeler ainsi, la couvrirent bientôt entièrement, et formèrent une salle d'ombrage assez touffue et assez épaisse pour loger dessous durant toute la saison sèche.