The first difficulty was in going down at Réquillart; it was necessary to clear out the rubbish from the mouth of the shaft, to cut down the mountain ash, and raze the sloes and the hawthorns; they had also repair the ladders.
On éprouva de premieres difficultés pour descendre, a Réquillart: il fallut déblayer la bouche du puits, abattre le sorbier, raser les prunelliers et les aubépines; et l'on eut encore a réparer les échelles.