But having gotten over these things in some measure , and having settled my houshold stuff and habitation , made meof wall up against it of turfs , about two foot thick on the out - side , and after some time , i think it was a year and half , i rais d rafters from it leaning to the rock , and thatch d or cover d it with bows of trees , and such things as i could get to keep out the rain , which i found at some times of the year very violent 那是一个搭在山岩下的帐篷，四周用木桩和缆索做成坚固的木栅环绕着。现在，我可以把木栅叫做围墙了，因为我在木栅外面用草皮堆成了一道两英尺来厚的墙，并在大约一年半的时间里，在围墙和岩壁之间搭了一些屋椽，上面盖些树枝或其他可以弄到的东西用来挡雨。因为，我发现，一年之中总有一段时间，大雨如注。
Note , during all this time , i work d to make this room or cave spacious enough to accommodate me as a warehouse or magazin , a kitchen , a dining - room , and a cellar ; as for my lodging , i kept to the tent , except that some times in the wet season of the year , it rain d so hard , that i could not keep my self dry , which caused me afterwards to cover all my place within my pale with long poles in the form of rafters leaning against the rock , and load them with flaggs and large leaves of trees like a thatch 我一般仍睡在帐篷里，除非在雨季，雨下得太大，帐篷漏雨，我才睡到洞室里。所以，我后来把围墙里的所有地方，通通用长木条搭成屋椽的样子，架在岩石上，再在上面铺些草和大树叶，做成一个茅屋的样子。
