for though they are mightily concerned for any of their young that are taken from them whilst they are in sight or hearing, yet if one or two of them be stolen from them in their absence, or without noise, they appear not to miss them, or to have any sense that their number is lessened.
izan ere, berek ikusi edo entzunda kumeren bat kentzeak kezka handia eragiten dien arren, beraiek han ez daudela edo isilpean kumeren bat lapurtuz gero, badirudi ez dutela faltarik sentitzen, eta ez direla kopuruaren gutxitzeaz ohartzen.