The cable was about as thick as packthread and the bars of the length and size of a knitting-needle.

缆大约和包线一样粗，而杆的长度和大小与织一样。

I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England.

我曾多次看到他一起做，一个固定绳子上的挖沟机上，绳子不比英国的普通包装线粗。