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.
Egyikük azonban egy előttem ismeretlen állattal párosodott, és a kölykeik közül került ki az a kettő, amelyeket házimacskaként magam mellett tartottam. A többi leszármazott viszont az erdőben élt és meglehetősen sok gondot okozott nekem.