And certainly, pedestrians, hindered at each step by bushes, caught by creepers, barred by trunks of trees, did not shine beside those supple animals, who, bounding from branch to branch, were hindered by nothing on their course.
Pues éstos, marchando a pie, molestados a cada paso por la maleza, detenidos por los bejucos y por los árboles, no brillaban ventajosamente sobre aquellos flexibles animales que saltaban de rama en rama, sin que nada los detuviera en su marcha.