We took that tin out on the bank, and Harris went up into a field and got a big sharp stone, and I went back into the boat and brought out the mast, and George held the tin and Harris held the sharp end of his stone against the top of it, and I took the mast and poised it high up in the air, and gathered up all my strength and brought it down.
Je retournai dans le bateau prendre le mât, et George maintint la boîte. Harris appuya sur le couvercle l’angle le plus aigu de sa pierre, et, moi, élevant le mât au-dessus de ma tete, je l’abattis de toutes mes forces.