From the 4th of July to the 14th I was chiefly employed in walking about with my gun in my hand, a little and a little at a time, as a man that was gathering up his strength after a fit of sickness; for it is hardly to be imagined how low I was, and to what weakness I was reduced.
Dal 4 al 14. Armato sempre del mio moschetto, impiegai questo intervallo a far le mie passeggiate, ma adagio e com’uomo che andava ricuperando a poco a poco e dopo una grave malattia le sue forze; che è difficile l’immaginarsi quanto queste fossero depresse ed a qual debolezza io fossi ridotto.