The piles, or stakes, which were as heavy as I could well lift, were a long time in cutting and preparing in the woods, and more, by far, in bringing home; so that I spent sometimes two days in cutting and bringing home one of those posts, and a third day in driving it into the ground; for which purpose I got a heavy piece of wood at first, but at last bethought myself of one of the iron crows; which, however, though I found it, made driving those posts or piles very laborious and tedious work.
A veces tardaba dos días enteros en cortar y transportar uno solo de esos postes y otro día más en clavarlo en la tierra. Para hacer esto, utilizaba un leño pesado pero después pensé que sería mejor utilizar unas barras puntiagudas de hierro que, después de todo, tampoco me aliviaron el tedio y la fatiga de enterrar los postes.