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A strange din arose from it. "What is going on?" we exclaimed,
這時，從里面傳出一陣奇怪的喧鬧聲。“什么聲音？”我們喊道，
"The building of the city," was the reply. "Twelve days ago there was not a house here.
“在建城呢。”有人答道。“十二天前，這兒連一棟房屋都沒有。
Today there are one hundred and five, and in a week more there will be two hundred;
現在有一百零五棟了，再過一個星期就有二百棟了；
Each man is building his own home, and working day and night to get it done ahead of his neighbor.
大家都在建自己的家園，夜以繼日地要趕在鄰居之前完工。
There are four sawmills going constantly, but they can't turn out lumber half fast enough,
四家鋸木廠不間斷地開工，可是最快也只能加工一半的木料，
everybody has to be content with a board at a time. If it were not for that, there would have been twice as many houses done as there are."
一時間大家不得不同桌共食。如果不這樣的話，這里的房子會增加一倍。”
We drove on down the ravine. A little creek on our right was half hid in willow thickets.
我們驅車下了山谷。右手的一條小溪有一半掩在柳樹叢里。
Hundreds of white tents gleamed among them, tents with poles; tents made by spreading sailcloth over the tops of bushes;
樹叢中間，數以百計的白色帳篷忽明忽暗地泛出光亮，帳篷都是由木桿撐起來的，帆布在灌木頂端向四周攤開；
round tents; square tents; big tents; little tents; and for every tent a camp fire,
有圓帳篷，也有方帳篷；有大帳篷，也有小帳篷；每個帳篷旁邊都有營火，
hundreds of white-topped wagons, also, at rest for the night, their great poles propped up by sticks,
除此之外，還有數以百計的白頂四輪馬車，在當天晚上他們那巨大的柱子由木棍支撐著，
and their mules and drivers lying and standing in picturesque groups around them.
騾子和車夫在馬車四周或躺著或站著，組成一幅生動有趣的畫卷。
It was a scene not to be forgotten. Louder and louder sounded the chorus of the hammers as we drew near the center of the "city;"
這是無法令人忘懷的風景。在我們走近“城”中央時，錘子合唱團“奏”出的響聲越來越大，
more and more the bustle thickened. Great ox teams swaying unwieldily about, drawing logs and planks, backing up steep places.
越來越忙亂嘈雜。體型碩大的公牛組成的車隊拉著圓木和木板，難以駕馭地左搖右擺，將地勢陡峭的地方都給塞滿了。
