Thus, and in this disposition of mind, I began my third year; and though I have not given the reader the trouble of so particular an account of my works this year as the first, yet in general it may be observed that I was very seldom idle, but having regularly divided my time according to the several daily employments that were before me, such as: first, my duty to God, and the reading the Scriptures, which I constantly set apart some time for thrice every day; secondly, the going abroad with my gun for food, which generally took me up three hours in every morning, when it did not rain; thirdly, the ordering, cutting, preserving, and cooking what I had killed or caught for my supply; these took up great part of the day.
Erre az időszakra jellemző munkámat már nem írom le a korábbiakhoz hasonló részletességgel, de álljon itt megjegyzésként, hogy csak nagyon ritkán lustálkodtam. Pontosan beosztottam az időmet az előttem álló napi foglalatosságok szerint.