I have seen him enclosed in amber, which is, I was told, quite half a million years old, looking exactly like his descendant of to-day, and I have little doubt but that when the last man lies dying on the earth he will be buzzing round-if this event happens to occur in summer-watching for an opportunity to settle on his nose.
Ikusi izan dut anbar-harri baten barruan, eta, jakin dudanez, bostehun mila urte dira animalia horrek izan behar dituenak, gaurko bere ondorengo honek duen itxura berberarekin, eta zalantzarik ez dut munduko azken gizona hiltzen denean ere, han ibiliko dela bere inguruan jira-biraka-uda partean gertatuko balitz bederen-sudur gainean jartzeko aukera baten bila.