I could not forbear admiring at these odd appearances, both in town and country; and I made bold to desire my conductor, that he would be pleased to explain to me, what could be meant by so many busy heads, hands, and faces, both in the streets and the fields, because I did not discover any good effects they produced; but, on the contrary, I never knew a soil so unhappily cultivated, houses so ill contrived and so ruinous, or a people whose countenances and habit expressed so much misery and want.
Ezin nintzen harritu gabe egon hirian nahiz landan ikusten nituen gauza arraro haiekin, eta gidariari eskatzera ausartu nintzen mesedez azal ziezadala zergatik zebilen kale nahiz soroetan hainbeste buru, esku eta aurpegi lanpeturik, ez bainuen gero ezer onik sortzen zutenik sumatzen, baizik eta alderantziz, ez nuela inoiz ikusi hain gaizki landuriko lurrik, edo hain trakets diseinatu eta hondaturik zegoen etxerik, edo hainbeste miseria eta gabezia islatzen zuen aurpegi eta janzkerako jenderik.