Thus, and in this disposition of mind, I began my third year; and though I have not given the reader the trouble of so particular an account of my works this year as the first, yet in general it may be observed that I was very seldom idle, but having regularly divided my time according to the several daily employments that were before me, such as: first, my duty to God, and the reading the Scriptures, which I constantly set apart some time for thrice every day; secondly, the going abroad with my gun for food, which generally took me up three hours in every morning, when it did not rain; thirdly, the ordering, cutting, preserving, and cooking what I had killed or caught for my supply; these took up great part of the day.
Je répartissais régulièrement mon temps entre toutes les occupations quotidiennes que je m'étais imposées. Tels étaient premièrement mes devoirs envers Dieu et la lecture des Saintes-Écritures, auxquels je vaquais sans faute, quelquefois même jusqu'à trois fois par jour; secondement ma promenade avec mon mousquet à la recherche de ma nourriture, ce qui me prenait généralement trois heures de la matinée quand il ne pleuvait pas; troisièmement l'arrangement, l'apprêt, la conservation et la cuisson de ce que j'avais tué pour ma subsistance.