However, as my first crop was but small, I had no great difficulty to cut it down; in short, I reaped it in my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made, and so rubbed it out with my hands; and at the end of all my harvesting, I found that out of my half-peck of seed I had near two bushels of rice, and about two bushels and a half of barley; that is to say, by my guess, for I had no measure at that time.
Bref, je la fis à ma manière car je sciai les épis, je les emportai dans une grande corbeille que j'avais tressée, et je les égrainai entre mes mains. À la fin de toute ma récolte, je trouvai que le demi-picotin que j'avais semé m'avait produit près de deux boisseaux de riz et environ deux boisseaux et demi d'orge, autant que je pus en juger, puisque je n'avais alors aucune mesure.