Cyrus Harding had provided himself with a straight stick, twelve feet long, which he had measured as exactly as possible by comparing it with his own height, which he knew to a hair.
Ciro Smith se había provisto de una especie de pértiga de unos doce pies de longitud, que había medido con la exactitud posible, comparándola con su propia estatura, cuya altura conocía poco más o menos.