However, as my first crop was but small, I had no great difficulty to cut it down; in short, I reaped it in my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made, and so rubbed it out with my hands; and at the end of all my harvesting, I found that out of my half-peck of seed I had near two bushels of rice, and about two bushels and a half of barley; that is to say, by my guess, for I had no measure at that time.
En pocas palabras, lo hice a mi modo, pues solo corté las espigas, las transporté en una de las grandes canastas que había tejido y las desgrané con mis propias manos. Al final del proceso, observé que el grano cosechado era, según mis cálculos, aunque no tenía forma de comprobarlo, casi treinta y dos veces más que el que había sembrado.