Having waited a good while, listening to hear if they made any noise, at length, being very impatient, I set my guns at the foot of my ladder, and clambered up to the top of the hill, by my two stages, as usual; standing so, however, that my head did not appear above the hill, so that they could not perceive me by any means.
Ayant attendu long-temps et long-temps prêté l'oreille pour écouter s'il se faisait quelque bruit, je m'impatientai enfin; et, laissant mes deux fusils au pied de mon échelle, je montai jusqu'au sommet du rocher, en deux escalades, comme d'ordinaire.