This done, Pencroft, passing among the grass and concealing himself skillfully, placed the end of his lines armed with hooks near the grouse nests; then he returned, took the other ends and hid with Herbert behind a large tree.
Hecho esto, Pencroff, pasando entre las hierbas y procurando ocultarse, colocó el extremo de sus varitas armadas de anzuelos cerca de los nidos de tetraos, y asiendo el otro extremo se puso en acecho con Harbert detrás de un árbol corpulento.