I believe it was the first gun that had been fired there since the creation of the world. I had no sooner fired, than from all parts of the wood there arose an innumerable number of fowls, of many sorts, making a confused screaming and crying, and every one according to his usual note, but not one of them of any kind that I knew.
Mihelyt lövésem - mely a legelső lehetett ezen a szigeten - eldördült, az erdő minden részéből madarak ezrei röppentek föl borzasztó rikácsolással. A számtalan fajta közül azonban egyet sem találtam ismerősnek.