But, as he knew no more about farming than calico, as he rode his horses instead of sending them to plough, drank his cider in bottle instead of selling it in cask, ate the finest poultry in his farmyard, and greased his hunting-boots with the fat of his pigs, he was not long in finding out that he would do better to give up all speculation.
Baina, nekazaritzan ere nonbait ez izan ehungintzan baino trebatuago, bere zaldiak zamalkatu egiten baitzituen laborantzara bidali ordez, bere sagardoa botilaka edaten baitzuen upaka saldu ordez, bere oilategiko hegaztirik ederrenak jan egiten baitzituen eta bere zerrien urdaiaz bere ehize-oinetakoak gantzutzen baitzituen, ez zitzaion luze joan ohartzeko, hobe zuela espekulazio oro bertan behera utzi.