On they rushed through every gulch and hollow, leaping, gliding, working with a will, and rejoicing like living creatures.

他们继续冲过每一个峡谷和洼，跳跃、滑，志工作，像活物一样欢欣鼓舞。

The hills have been cut and scalped, and every gorge and gulch and valley torn to pieces and disemboweled, expressing a fierce and desperate energy hard to understand.

山峦被削削剥皮，每一个峡谷峡谷都被撕裂开膛破肚，流露出难以理解的凶绝望之气。

The Chinaman seemed to think we were lost, and chattered in pidgin English concerning the abundance of " litty stick" (chaparral), while the Indian silently scanned the billowy ridges and gulches for openings.

中国人似乎认为我们迷路了，洋泾浜英语喋喋不休谈论“小棍子”（chaparral）的丰富性，而印度人则静静着波涛汹涌的山脊和峡谷寻找空隙。

But most of the pioneer miners are sleeping now, their wild day done, while the few survivors linger languidly in the washed-out gulches or sleepy village like harried bees around the ruins of their hive.

但大多数先驱矿工现在都在睡觉，他们狂野的一天结束了，而少数幸存者懒洋洋徘徊在被冲毁的峡谷或昏昏欲睡的村庄里，就像蜂巢废墟周围的被骚扰的蜜蜂。