Immediately they fell to work with him; and though they had no knife, yet, with a sharpened piece of wood, they took off his skin as readily, and much more readily, than we could have done with a knife.
Tosto si misero all’opera di apparecchiarlo; e benchè non avessero coltello, con un pezzo di legno ben affilato ne tolsero la pelle con la stessa prestezza, anzi maggiore, che non avremmo fatto noi co’ nostri stromenti da taglio.