Not very long before dawn I heard the Hottentot Ventvögel, whose teeth had been chattering all night like castanets, give a deep sigh. Then his teeth stopped chattering.
Eguna argitu baino pixka bat lehenago, gau osoan kriskitinen antzera hortzak karraskaka erabili ondoren, Ventvogel hotentoteak hasperen ozena egin zuela entzun nuen. Gero isildu egin zen hortzen kriskitin hotsa.