The circle or double hedge that I had made was not only firm and entire, but the stakes which I had cut out of some trees that grew thereabouts were all shot out and grown with long branches, as much as a willow-tree usually shoots the first year after lopping its head.
De dubbele heining was niet alleen stevig en gaaf, maar de staken, die ik van eenige boomen daar in den omtrek afgesneden had, waren allen met lange takken uitgeschoten, even als de wilgen, het eerste jaar nadat zij geknot zijn.