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.
Apenas tuve paciencia para esperar a que se enfriara y volví a colocarlo en el fuego, esta vez, lleno de agua, para hervir un trozo de carne, lo que logré admirablemente. Luego, con un poco de cabra, me hice un caldo muy sabroso y solo me habría hecho falta un poco de avena y algunos otros ingredientes para que quedara tan sabroso como lo hubiera deseado.