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.
Ik sneed alleen de airen af, en bragt die in eene groote mand naar huis, waar ik met mijn handen er het graan uitwreef. Toen dit afgeloopen was, vond ik, dat ik van mijn zaad bijkans twee schepels rijst en twee en een half schepel graan geoogst had, dat wil zeggen naar gissing, want ik had geen maat.