I could have shot as many as I pleased, but was very sparing of my powder and shot, and therefore had more mind to kill a she-goat if I could, which I could better feed on; and though there were many goats here, more than on my side the island, yet it was with much more difficulty that I could come near them, the country being flat and even, and they saw me much sooner than when I was on the hills.
Lőhettem, amennyi csak jólesik, de takarékoskodtam a lőszerrel. Inkább zsákmányoltam volna egy nőstény kecskét, ami kiadósabb élelemforrás, de bár a szigetnek ezen a részén sokkal több kecske élt, mint odaát, mégis nehezebb volt a közelükbe férkőzni, mert a sík terepen idejekorán észrevettek.