Deforestation, he said, was caused not by people, but by predatory Polynesian rats, with the human population remaining stable until the introduction of European diseases.

• 他说，森林消失，罪不在垦伐的人，而在掠食性的玻里尼西亚鼠（缅甸小鼠）。欧洲疫病发生前，人类总数一直相当稳定。