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It was a great Comfort to me afterwards, that I did so, for not one Grain of that I sowed this Time came to any Thing; [qh]
值得庆幸的是，我做对了。我这回下的种子，一颗也没长出来。[qh]
for the dry Months following, the Earth having had no Rain after the Seed was sown, it had no Moisture to assist its Growth, and never came up at all, till the wet Season had come again, and then it grew as if it had been but newly sown. [qh]
因为种子下地之后，一连几个月不下雨，土壤里没有水份，不能滋润种子生长，一直到雨季来临才冒了出来，好像这些种子刚播种下去似的。[qh]
Finding my first Seed did not grow, which I easily imagined was by the Drought, I fought for a moister Piece of Ground to make another Trial in, and I dug up a Piece of Ground near my new Bower, and sowed the rest of my Seed in February, a little before the Vernal Equinox; [qh]
发现第一次播下去的种子没有长出来，我料定是由于土地干旱之故。于是我想找一块较潮湿的土地再试一次。二月份的春分前几天，我在茅舍附近掘了一块地，把留下的种子通通播下去。[qh]
and this having the rainy Months of March and April to water it, sprung up very pleasantly, and yielded a very good Crop; [qh]
接下去是三四月份的雨季，雨水滋润了种子，不久就欣欣向荣地长了出来，获得了一个好收成。[qh]
but having Part of the Seed left only, and not daring to sow all that I had I had but a small Quantity at last, my whole Crop not amounting to above half a Peck of each kind. [qh]
但因为种子太少，所收到的大麦和稻子每种约半斗而已。[qh]
But by this Experiment I was made Master of my Business, and knew exactly when the proper Season was to sow; [qh]
这次试验，使我成了种田好手，知道什么时候该下种。[qh]
and that I might expect two Seed Times, and two Harvests every Year. [qh]
现在我知道一年可播种两次，收获两次。[qh]
While this Corn was growing, I made a little Discovery which was of use to me afterwards: [qh]
在庄稼成长时，我有一个小小的发现，对我后来大有用处。[qh]
As soon as the Rains were over, and the Weather began to settle, which was about the Month of November, I made a Visit up the Country to my Bower, where though I had not been some Months, yet I found all Things just as I left them. [qh]
大约十一月，雨季刚过，天气开始转晴，我去了我的乡间茅舍。我离开那儿已好几个月了，但发现一切如旧。[qh]
The Circle or double Hedge that I had made, was not only firm and entire; but the Stakes which I had cut out of some Trees that grew thereabouts, were all shot out and grown with long Branches, as much as a Willow-Tree usually shoots the first Year after lopping its Head. [qh]
我修筑的双层围墙，不仅完好无损，而且，从附近砍下来的那些树桩都发了芽，并长出了长长的枝条，仿佛是去年被修剪过的柳树一样。[qh]
