No joy at a thing of so mean a nature was ever equal to mine, when I found I had made an earthen pot that would bear the fire; and I had hardly patience to stay till they were cold before I set one on the fire again with some water in it to boil me some meat, which it did admirably well; and with a piece of a kid I made some very good broth, though I wanted oatmeal, and several other ingredients requisite to make it as good as I would have had it been.
Alig bírtam kivárni, hogy lehűljenek és egyet közülük, vízzel töltve, újra a tűzre tehessek és húst főzzek benne. Egy jó darab kecskehúsból erős húslevest főztem magamnak, és bár minden más hozzávalóm hiányzott, a levesemet így is pompásnak találtam.