From the 4th of July to the 14th I was chiefly employed in walking about with my gun in my hand, a little and a little at a time, as a man that was gathering up his strength after a fit of sickness; for it is hardly to be imagined how low I was, and to what weakness I was reduced.
Du 4 au 14.--Ma principale occupation fut de me promener avec mon fusil à la main; mais je faisais mes promenades fort courtes, comme un homme qui rétablit ses forces au sortir d'une maladie; car il serait difficile d'imaginer combien alors j'étais bas, et à quel degré de faiblesse j'étais réduit.