He stood like one frightened again, notwithstanding all I had said to him; and I found he was the more amazed, because he did not see me put anything into the gun, but thought that there must be some wonderful fund of death and destruction in that thing, able to kill man, beast, bird, or anything near or far off; and the astonishment this created in him was such as could not wear off for a long time; and I believe, if I would have let him, he would have worshipped me and my gun.
Je lui désignai donc le perroquet, puis mon fusil, puis la terre au-dessous du perroquet, pour lui indiquer que je voulais l'abattre et lui donner à entendre que je voulais tirer sur cet oiseau et le tuer. En conséquence je fis feu; je lui ordonnai de regarder, et sur-le-champ il vit tomber le perroquet.