But having gotten over these things in some measure, and having settled my household staff and habitation, made me a table and a chair, and all as handsome about me as I could, I began to keep my journal; of which I shall here give you the copy (though in it will be told all these particulars over again) as long as it lasted; for having no more ink, I was forced to leave it off.
Ayant surmonté ces faiblesses, et mon domicile et mon ameublement étant établis aussi bien que possible, je commençai mon journal, dont je vais ici vous donner la copie aussi loin que je pus le poursuivre; car mon encre une fois usée, je fus dans la nécessité de l'interrompre.