This was game indeed to us, but this was no food; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a creature that was good for nothing to us.
Questo fu veramente per noi un diporto che non ne dava di che nudrirci; ed era assai contristato d’aver perdute queste tre cariche di polvere, per ammazzare una bestia che non era di verun uso per me.