It was a great comfort to me afterwards that I did so, for not one grain of what I sowed this time came to anything: for the dry months following, the earth having had no rain after the seed was sown, it had no moisture to assist its growth, and never came up at all till the wet season had come again, and then it grew as if it had been but newly sown.
Commisi dunque al terreno due terzi di semina così d’un grano come dell’altro, tenendone addietro per maggior cautela una porzioncella di ciascheduna sorta. Fu un grande conforto per me l’essermi regolato in questa maniera.