From the middle of April to the middle of August (including
May, June, and July), dry; the sun being then north of the equator.
From the middle of August till the middle of October (including September),
rainy; the sun being then come back to the equator. From the middle of
October till the middle of February (including November, December,
and January), dry; the sun being then to the south of the equator.
22. I have already made mention of some grain that had been spoiled by
the rats. Seeing nothing but husks and dust in the bag which had
contained this, I shook it out one day under the rock on one side of my
cave. It was just before the rainy season began. About a month later
I was surprised to see ten or twelve ears of English barley that had
sprung up and several stalks of rice. You may be sure I saved the seed,
hoping that in time I might have enough grain to supply me with bread.
It was not until the fourth season that I could allow myself the least
particle to eat, and none of it was ever wasted. From this handful,
I had in time all the rice and barley I needed for food,---above forty
bushels of each in a year, as I might guess, for I had no measure.
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