Chingachgook has as many different paints as the engineer officer's wife, who takes down natur' on scraps of paper, making the mountains look like cocks of rusty hay, and placing the blue sky in reach of your hand.

Chingachgook 和工兵军官的妻子一样有许多不同的颜料， 她在纸片上记下自然， 让山脉看起来像生锈的干草， 把蓝天放在你的手边。