Like all convalescents, he was tremendously hungry, and the reporter allowed him to eat as much as he liked, for he trusted to that instinct, which is too often wanting in reasoning beings, to keep the orang from any excess.
Como todos los convalecientes, se vio acometido de un hambre devoradora y el periodista le dejó comer cuanto quiso, porque se fiaba de ese instinto que con frecuencia falta a los seres racionales y que debía preservar al orangután de todo exceso.