In the meantime, it occurred to me that it would require a vast deal of time for me to do this, and that I must be contented to venture where I was, till I had formed a camp for myself, and had secured it so as to remove to it. So with this resolution I composed myself for a time, and resolved that I would go to work with all speed to build me a wall with piles and cables, &c., in a circle, as before, and set my tent up in it when it was finished; but that I would venture to stay where I was till it was finished, and fit to remove.
Cette décision me tranquillisa pour un temps, et je résolus de me mettre à l'ouvrage avec toute la diligence possible, pour me bâtir dans un cercle, comme la première fois, un mur de pieux, de câbles, etc., et d'y établir ma tente quand il serait fini, mais de rester où j'étais jusqu'à ce que cet enclos fût terminé et prêt à me recevoir.