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Here were great oaks and splendid evergreens with trunks like mossy pillars, from the branches of which hung garlands of ivy and mistletoe, and persimmon trees, the odour of which pervaded every nook and corner of the wood—an illusive, fragrant something that made the heart glad. In places the wild muscadine and scuppernong vines stretched from tree to tree, making arbours which were always full of butterflies and buzzing insects. It was delightful to lose ourselves in the green hollows of that tangled wood in the late afternoon, and to smell the cool, delicious odours that came up from the earth at the close of day.
山上有巨大的橡樹，也有四季常青的樹木。這些樹的樹干就像包裹著青苔的圓柱，樹枝上掛滿了常春藤和槲寄生的花環。附近還有柿子樹，果實的甜美氣息彌漫在密林中的每一個角落——這種虛幻朦朧的香味令人心情愉悅。野生的圓葉葡萄和斯卡巴農葡萄連成了一大片，葡萄藤上總會落滿了各種各樣的蝴蝶和嗡嗡飛舞的昆蟲。在一天臨近結束的黃昏時分，谷地散發著清爽宜人的氣息，置身其間，的確令人心曠神怡。
Our cottage was a sort of rough camp, beautifully situated on the top of the mountain among oaks and pines. The small rooms were arranged on each side of a long open hall. Round the house was a wide piazza, where the mountain winds blew, sweet with all wood-scents. We lived on the piazza most of the time—there we worked, ate and played. At the back door there was a great butternut tree, round which the steps had been built, and in front the trees stood so close that I could touch them and feel the wind shake their branches, or the leaves twirl downward in the autumn blast.
我們的小屋只是個有些粗糙的露營地，但是它優雅地坐落在橡樹和松樹環繞的山頂之上。房子的四面都有一個開放的門廳，門廳的外圍是一圈寬廣的游廊。山風從這里吹過，帶來了樹木的醇香。我們大部分時間都住在游廊里——這里也是我們勞作、吃飯和玩耍的地方。房子后門還有一棵巨大的灰胡桃樹，人們在它的周圍修建了臺階。我離這些樹木是如此之近，可以輕易地摸到被風吹拂的樹枝，還有在陣陣秋風中滾動的樹葉。
Many visitors came to Fern Quarry. In the evening, by the campfire, the men played cards and whiled away the hours in talk and sport.
弗恩采石場有很多到訪的游客。夜晚，男人們聚集在篝火旁玩撲克牌，或者是聊天消磨時光。
