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.
Hubiera podido cazar tantas como quisiera pero ahorraba mucho la pólvora y las municiones. Había pensado matar una cabra para alimentarme mejor pero, aunque aquí había más cabras que al otro lado de la isla, resultaba más difícil acercarse a ellas porque el terreno era llano y podían verme con más rapidez que en la colina.