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.
Se hundió en el acto pero en seguida salió a flote, volvió a hundirse y, nuevamente, salió a flote, como si se estuviese ahogando, lo que, en efecto, hacía. Rápidamente se dirigió a la playa pero, entre la herida mortal que le había propinado y el agua que había tragado, murió antes de llegar a la orilla.