Sa figure était maigre, ses traits tirés ; sa peau jaunie se collait comme un vieux parchemin sur la saillie des os ; des fils blancs sillonnaient la masse brune de ses cheveux et sa barbe était toute embroussaillée ; ses yeux, profondément enfoncée dans leur orbite, jetaient une lueur singuliere ; enfin sa main, crispée sur son fusil, était aussi décharnée que celle d’un squelette.
His face was lean and haggard, and the brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the projecting bones; his long, brown hair and beard were all flecked and dashed with white; his eyes were sunken in his head, and burned with an unnatural lustre; while the hand which grasped his rifle was hardly more fleshy than that of a skeleton.