Well, to take away this discouragement, I resolved to dig into the surface of the earth, and so make a declivity: this I began, and it cost me a prodigious deal of pains (but who grudge pains who have their deliverance in view?); but when this was worked through, and this difficulty managed, it was still much the same, for I could no more stir the canoe than I could the other boat.
Mais compte-t-on ses peines quand on a sa liberté en vue? Cette besogne achevée et cette difficulté vaincue, une plus grande existait encore, car il ne m'était pas plus possible de remuer cette pirogue qu'il ne me l'avait été de remuer la chaloupe.