Finding my first seed did not grow, which I easily imagined was by the drought, I sought for a moister piece of ground to make another trial in, and I dug up a piece of ground near my new bower, and sowed the rest of my seed in February, a little before the vernal equinox; and this having the rainy months of March and April to water it, sprung up very pleasantly, and yielded a very good crop; but having part of the seed left only, and not daring to sow all that I had, I had but a small quantity at last, my whole crop not amounting to above half a peck of each kind.
De touts les grains que j'avais semés pas un seul ne leva; parce que, les mois suivants étant secs, et la terre ne recevant point de pluie, ils manquèrent d'humidité pour leur germination. Rien ne parut donc jusqu'au retour de la saison pluvieuse, où ils jetèrent des tiges comme s'ils venaient d'être nouvellement semés.