My case was this: it was to be a large tree which was to be cut down, because my board was to be a broad one. This tree I was three days in cutting down, and two more cutting off the boughs, and reducing it to a log or piece of timber.
Ecco in qual modo operai. Enorme era l’albero da abbattere, e volendo cavarne un asse della larghezza da me immaginata, mi bisognarono tre giorni soltanto per atterrarlo, ed altri due per rimondarlo di tutti i suoi rami e ridurlo ad un pezzo di legname da lavoro.