Er selbst begab sich an das andere Ende, wo zwei Birken ganz dicht nebeneinander wuchsen, lehnte sein Gewehr in die Gabelung eines niedrigen, trockenen Astes, zog sich den Rock aus, band sich den Gurt fester und erprobte die freie Beweglichkeit seiner Arme.
He himself went to a forked birch on the other side and, leaning his gun against the fork of the lower branch, took off his coat, tightened his girdle, and tried whether he could move his arms freely.