As my hands passed over my body they came in contact with pockets (когда мои руки ощупывали мое тело, они наткнулись на карманы) and in one of these a small parcel of matches wrapped in oiled paper (и в одном из них /был/ маленький коробок спичек, завернутый в промасленную бумагу). One of these matches I struck (я чиркнул одной из этих спичек), and its dim flame lighted up what appeared to be a huge cave (и ее тусклый свет осветил то, что оказалось огромной пещерой), toward the back of which I discovered a strange, still figure (у задней стены которой я заметил странную, неподвижную фигуру) huddled over a tiny bench (скорчившуюся на небольшой скамье;
match [mxtS], huddle [hAdl], mummify ['mAmIfaI], charcoal ['tSQ: koul]
As my hands passed over my body they came in contact with pockets and in one of these a small parcel of matches wrapped in oiled paper. One of these matches I struck, and its dim flame lighted up what appeared to be a huge cave, toward the back of which I discovered a strange, still figure huddled over a tiny bench. As I approached it I saw that it was the dead and mummified remains of a little old woman with long black hair, and the thing it leaned over was a small charcoal burner upon which rested a round copper vessel containing a small quantity of greenish powder.
Behind her, depending from the roof upon rawhide thongs (позади нее, свисающий с потолка на ремнях из сыромятной кожи;
It was a most grotesque and horrid tableau (это была чрезвычайно странная и ужасающая картина;
rawhide ['rO: haId], skeleton ['skelItn], grotesque [grou'tesk], tableau ['txblou], gruesome ['gru: s(q)m]
Behind her, depending from the roof upon rawhide thongs, and stretching entirely across the cave, was a row of human skeletons. From the thong which held them stretched another to the dead hand of the little old woman; as I touched the cord the skeletons swung to the motion with a noise as of the rustling of dry leaves.
It was a most grotesque and horrid tableau and I hastened out into the fresh air, glad to escape from so gruesome a place.