Having waited a good while, listening to hear if they made any noise, at length, being very impatient, I set my guns at the foot of my ladder, and clambered up to the top of the hill, by my two stages, as usual; standing so, however, that my head did not appear above the hill, so that they could not perceive me by any means. Here I observed, by the help of my perspective glass, that they were no less than thirty in number; that they had a fire kindled, and that they had meat dressed.
Al cabo de una larga espera, atento a cualquier ruido que pudiesen hacer, me impacienté y, poniendo mis armas al pie de la escalera, trepé a lo alto de la colina en dos etapas, como siempre, y me aposté de forma que no pudieran verme bajo ningún concepto. Allí observé, con la ayuda de mi catalejo, que no eran menos de treinta hombres, que habían encendido una fogata y que estaban preparando su comida; mas no tenía idea del tipo de alimento que era ni del modo en que lo estaban cocinando.