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.
Ma siccome in sostanza poi si trattava del ricolto di un campo non grandissimo, la mia mietitura non mi diede grande difficoltà; la feci come potei, non tagliando via se non le spighe che mi portai a casa entro un grande canestro fabbricato da me e che sgranai a mano. In fin del conto trovai che il mio mezzo quarto di semenza m’avea dato due moggia di riso, e più di due e mezzo di orzo, sempre secondo un computo di congettura, perchè misure io non ne aveva.