The soil was almost entirely madreporic, but certain dry stream beds were strewn with granite rubble, proving that this island was of primordial origin.

土地差不多完全是由造礁珊瑚沉积形成的，但有些干涸了的急流河床，间杂有花岗石的残余，说明这岛的形成是在原始的太古时期。

I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.

我挖井喝外邦的水，用脚掌踩干埃及一切的溪流。