Accordingly, I dug up a piece of ground as well as I could with my wooden spade, and dividing it into two parts, I sowed my grain; but as I was sowing, it casually occurred to my thoughts that I would not sow it all at first, because I did not know when was the proper time for it, so I sowed about two-thirds of the seed, leaving about a handful of each.
Les pluies étant passées et le soleil entrant en s'éloignant de moi dans sa position méridionale, je crus alors le temps propice pour faire mes semailles. Je bêchai donc une pièce de terre du mieux que je pus avec ma pelle de bois, et, l'ayant divisée en deux portions, je me mis à semer mon grain.