"In his right waistcoat pocket
(в правом кармане жилета/камзола;"In the left waistcoat pocket there was a sort of tool with twenty long poles
(в левом кармане камзола находился некий инструмент с двадцатью длинными жердями /на нем/). We believe the Man Mountain uses this to comb his hair (мы думаем, /что/ Человек-Гора пользуется этим =figure ['fɪɡə], writing ['raɪtɪŋ], comb [kəʋm]
"In his right waistcoat pocket we found a bundle of thin white sheets of paper, folded over one another. This bundle was about the size of three men. It was tied with strong rope and marked with black figures. We believe that this was writing. Each letter was half the size of our hand.
"In the left waistcoat pocket there was a sort of tool with twenty long poles. We believe the Man Mountain uses this to comb his hair.
"In the large pocket on the right side of his trousers
(в большом кармане с правой стороны его штанов) we saw a hollow tube of iron (мы увидели полую железную трубу: «трубу из железа»), about the length of a man (длиной примерно с человека), fastened to a strong piece of wood (прикрепленную к крепкому куску дерева). There was another of the same kind in the left pocket (еще одна /труба/ того же рода была в левом кармане)."There were several round flat pieces of white and red metal in the smaller pocket on the right side
(в меньшем кармане с правой стороны было =trousers ['traʋzəz], iron ['aɪən], heavy ['hevɪ]
"In the large pocket on the right side of his trousers we saw a hollow tube of iron, about the length of a man, fastened to a strong piece of wood. There was another of the same kind in the left pocket.
"There were several round flat pieces of white and red metal in the smaller pocket on the right side. Some, which seemed to be silver, were so large and heavy we could hardly lift them.