Lories are better food than the jacamar, the flesh of which is rather tough, but it was difficult to persuade Pencroft that he had not killed the king of eatable birds.
Los loris son un manjar preferible al jacamar, cuya carne es un poco coriácea; pero difícilmente se habría persuadido a Pencroff de que no había matado al rey de los volátiles comestibles.