In this posture I fetched a compass to my right hand of near a mile, as well to get over the creek as to get into the wood, so that I could come within shot of them before I should be discovered, which I had seen by my glass it was easy to do.
Az iránytűt használtam a pontos tájékozódásra, hogy a patakon túljutva a fák fedezékében észrevétlenül lőtávolon belülre jussunk a vadakhoz.