that if a cow died of age or accident, before a Houyhnhnm could secure it for his own Yahoos, those in the neighbourhood would come in herds to seize it, and then would ensue such a battle as I had described, with terrible wounds made by their claws on both sides, although they seldom were able to kill one another, for want of such convenient instruments of death as we had invented.
zaharrez edo istripuz akabatzen bazen behi bat, houyhnhnm batek bere yahooentzat hartu ahal izan aurretik, auzokoak taldean etortzen zirela harrapatzera eta, gero, nik deskribatu bezalako borrokaldia gertatzen zela, atzaparrez egindako zauri izugarriekin bi alderdietakoen artean, nahiz eta gutxitan izan elkar akabatzeko gai, guk asmatu bezalako heriotza-tresna egokirik ez zutelako.