The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat, which had a little kid by her, which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; for when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her, till I came and took her up; and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me, upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure; upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have bred it up tame; but it would not eat; so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself.
Toen ik de oude geit op mijne schouders laadde en haar wegdroeg, volgde het jong mij tot aan mijne heining. Ik legde daar de oude neder, nam het jong in mijne armen en droeg het over de palissaden, in de hoop van het tam te maken; maar het wilde niet eten, dus was ik gedwongen het te dooden en het zelf te eten.