Recuerdo que pensé, según estaba ahí delante de mí, haber visto en muy pocas ocasiones hombre tan fuertemente constituido. Su rostro moreno, tostado por el sol, traslucía una determinación y energía no menos formidables que su aspecto físico.
I remember that I thought to myself, as I eyed him, that I had seldom seen a more powerfully built man; and his dark sunburned face bore an expression of determination and energy which was as formidable as his personal strength.