But these were not the two cats which I brought on shore at first, for they were both of them dead, and had been interred near my habitation by my own hand; but one of them having multiplied by I know not what kind of creature, these were two which I had preserved tame; whereas the rest ran wild in the woods, and became indeed troublesome to me at last, for they would often come into my house, and plunder me too, till at last I was obliged to shoot them, and did kill a great many; at length they left me.
Ces deux chats n'étaient pas ceux que j'avais apportés du navire: ils étaient morts et avaient été enterrés de mes propres mains proche de mon habitation; mais l'un d'eux ayant eu des petits de je ne sais quelle espèce d'animal, j'avais apprivoisé et conservé ces deux-là, tandis que les autres couraient sauvages dans les bois et par la suite me devinrent fort incommodes. Ils s'introduisaient souvent chez moi et me pillaient tellement, que je fus obligé de tirer sur eux et d'en exterminer un grand nombre.