Cyrus Harding had provided himself with a straight stick , twelve feet long , which he had measured as exactly as possible by comparing it with his own height , which he knew to a hair .
Сайрес Смит снабдил себя прямой палкой длиной в двенадцать футов, которую он измерил как можно точнее, сравнив ее со своим собственным ростом, который он знал с точностью до волоска.
