translation.ca: Arreplega i inspecciona uns quants semicilindres, de bella grandaria, de la fina escorça blanca d'un sicomor, i, finalment, escollí els dos que cregué que li convenien.
translation.en: He picked up and inspected several large semi-cylinders of the thin white bark of a sycamore, and finally chose two which seemed to suit him.