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翻譯社的翻譯實踐 This fertile and sheltered tract of country， in which thefields
are never brown and the springs never dry， is boundedon the south
by the bold chalk ridge that embraces theprominences of Hambledon
Hill， Bulbarrow， NettleeombeTout， Dogbury， High Stoy， and Bubb Down.
The traveler fromthe coast， who， after plodding northward for as
score of milesover calcareous down and corn — lands， suddenly rechcs
theverge of one of these escarpments， is surprised and delightedto
behold， extended like a map beneath him， country differingabsolutely
from that which he was passed through. Behindhim the hill are open，
the sun blazes down upon fields so largeas to give an unenclosed
to the landscape， the lanes are white， so reduced that from this height their hedgerows appear anetwork
of dark green threads overspreading the paler greenof the grass.
The atmosphere beneath is languorous， and is sotinged with azure
that what artists call the middle distancepartakes also of that
hue， while the horizon beyond is of thedeepest ultramarine. Arable
lands are few and limited： withbut slight exceptions the prospect
is a broad rich mass ofgrass and tress， mantling minor hills and
dales within themajor. Such is the Vale of Blackmoor. 在這片土地肥沃、群山遮掩的鄉間地帶，田野永不枯黃，泉水永不幹涸，它的南面鄰接著險峻的石灰岩山嶺， |
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