Li forvojagxis do, kaj post kvin So he journeyed forth, and in five tagoj li ekvidis malproksime sur days he began to see far off on la horizonto blankan nubon, kiu the horizon a white cloud, which dum la morgauxa tago montrigxis turned out[1] in the course of the kiel monta pinto. Namezo salutis next day to be a mountain-peak. gxin, kaj de tiu momento, sen ia Namezo saluted it, and from that dubo, direktis sian iron tra la moment, without any doubt, bent ebenajxo cxiam al gxi. his course[2] across the plain constantly towards it.
Kiam li alvenis piedon de When he came to the foot[3] of la montoj, la deka tago jam the mountains, the tenth[4] day finigxis. Efektive li estis grave was already drawing to an end. trompigxinta pri la distanco. Indeed, Namezo had been greatly Neniam antauxe li vidis monton, mistaken[5] in the distance. He kaj tial, kiam li ekvidis la had never seen a mountain before, pinton meze de la vojagxo, li and so, when he caught sight of kredis ke li jxus alvenas, kaj the peak half-way, he thought marsxis pli malrapide. Tri tagojn he was just getting there, and li pensis cxiumatene, "Mi estos walked slower. For three days he hodiaux vespere cxe la montpiedo; thought every morning, "I shall morgaux mi suprenrampos gxis la be at the foot of the mountains pinton." Sed nun li sciis, ke li this evening; to-morrow I'll estas malfrua. Li formangxis jam climb[6] to the top." But now la duonon de sia provizajxo, kaj he knew that he was late.[7] He dum la lastaj mejloj li ekvidis had already eaten up half[8] of ke lia pinto estas parto de vasta his provisions,[9] and for the senlima montegaro, ke gxi ankoraux last few miles he was beginning malproksimas kaj li tute ne tiel to see that his peak was part facile supreniros. Li kalkulis ke of a boundless mountain-range, almenaux oktaga nutrajxo estos that it was still far off and necesa por reiri hejmen de la he would by no means get up so piedo de la montaro, kaj tiom easily. He calculated that at li tie enterigis por la returna least eight days' food would be vojagxo. Sekve restis nur dutaga needed to get home from the foot mangxajxo por la suprena kaj of the mountain-range, and he malsuprena montiro. buried[10] that amount[11] there for the return journey. Thus only two days' provision was left for the ascent and descent of the mountain.