But now my crop promised very well, when on a sudden I found I was in danger of losing it all again by enemies of several sorts, which it was scarcely possible to keep from it; as, first, the goats, and wild creatures which I called hares, who, tasting the sweetness of the blade, lay in it night and day, as soon as it came up, and eat it so close, that it could get no time to shoot up into stalk.
Esta vez, la cosecha prometía ser buena pero de pronto advertí que estaba a punto de perderla nuevamente a causa de enemigos de diversa índole, a los cuales me resultaba muy difícil combatir. En primer lugar, las cabras y lo que yo llamo liebres salvajes, habiendo probado esa hierba tan dulce, permanecían allí día y noche, comiéndola tan de raíz que era imposible que brotara una espiga.