As soon as he came fairly within my reach, I fired, and shot him directly in the head; immediately he sank down into the water, but rose instantly, and plunged up and down, as if he were struggling for life, and so indeed he was; he immediately made to the shore; but between the wound, which was his mortal hurt, and the strangling of the water, he died just before he reached the shore.
Az állat lesüllyedt a vízbe, majd rögtön fel is bukkant és csapkodni kezdett a vízben, mintha az életéért küzdene, és így is volt. A part felé kezdett úszni, de a távolság túl nagy volt, a sebe pedig halálos, így aztán nem sokkal azelőtt, hogy partot ért volna, kimúlt.