I stayed by it to load my gun, and then coming away, I could easily see the thieves sitting upon all the trees about me, as if they only waited till I was gone away, and the event proved it to be so; for as I walked off, as if I was gone, I was no sooner out of their sight than they dropped down one by one into the corn again.
Toen ik mijn geweer laadde, zag ik de dieven overal rondom mij op de boomen zitten, alsof zij wachtten tot ik vertrokken zou zijn; ik deed alsof ik heen ging, en naauwelijks was ik uit hun gezigt of zij vielen weder in het graan.