在此期间,一直困在屋内,粮食贮备逐日减少。我曾冒险两次外出。第一次打杀了一只山羊,第二次,最后一天,即二十六日,找到了一只大鳖,使我大享口福。

• In this confinement I began to be straitened for food, but venturing out twice, I one day kill'd a goat, and the last day, which was the twenty sixth, found a very large tortoise, which was a treat to me, and my food was regulated thus;