Peter Strogoff had killed more than thirty-nine bears-that is to say, the fortieth had fallen under his blows; and, according to Russian legends, most huntsmen who have been lucky enough up to the thirty-ninth bear, have succumbed to the fortieth.
Petri Strogoffek hogeita hemeretzi hartz baino gehiago bota zituen, hau da, berrogeigarrena ere botea zuten haren kolpeek, eta badakigu, Errusiako ehiza ipuinak sinestera, zenbat ehiztari, hogeita hemeretzigarren hartza bitarte zorioneko izan ondoren, erori diren berrogeigarrenaren atzaparretan!