This was the first I had seen, which, it seems, was only my misfortune, not any defect of the place, or scarcity; for had I happened to be on the other side of the island, I might have had hundreds of them every day, as I found afterwards; but perhaps had paid dear enough for them.
C'était assurément pure mauvaise chance, car ils n'étaient pas rares sur cette terre; et s'il m'était arrivé d'être sur le côté opposé de l'île, j'aurais pu en avoir par centaines touts les jours, comme je le fis plus tard; mais peut-être les aurais-je payés assez cher.