Antes de adoptar la posición sedente, había depositado en el suelo el rifle inútil, y junto a él un voluminoso fardo al que servía de envoltura un mantón gris, pendiente de su hombro derecho.
Before sitting down, he had deposited upon the ground his useless rifle, and also a large bundle tied up in a grey shawl, which he had carried slung over his right shoulder.