I immediately went to work with this piece of ground; and in less than a month’s time I had so fenced it round that my flock, or herd, call it which you please, which were not so wild now as at first they might be supposed to be, were well enough secured in it: so, without any further delay, I removed ten young she-goats and two he-goats to this piece, and when they were there I continued to perfect the fence till I had made it as secure as the other; which, however, I did at more leisure, and it took me up more time by a great deal.
Je me mis aussitôt à l'ouvrage, et en moins d'un mois j'eus si bien enfermé cette pièce de terre, que mon troupeau ou ma harde, appelez-le comme il vous plaira, qui dès lors n'était plus sauvage, pouvait s'y trouver assez bien en sûreté. J'y conduisis sans plus de délai dix chèvres et deux boucs; après quoi je continuai à perfectionner cette clôture jusqu'à ce qu'elle fût aussi solide que l'autre.