I then thought of trying again a method which I had tried many years before. [I] reflected on the inimitable beauty of the pictures of nature's painting which the glass lens of the camera obscura throws upon the paper in its focus - fairy pictures, creations of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away...
I-iisip at pagkatapos ng sinusubukang muli ng isang paraan na kung saan ako may tried maraming taon bago. [I] reflected sa walang kapantay ang kagandahan ng mga larawan ng kalikasan ng pagpipinta kung saan ang glass lens ng kamera obskura throws upon ang papel nito sa pokus - ada mga larawan, creations ng isang sandali, at nakalaan bilang mabilis na maglaho...