Yet doubtless many a fine meadow favorably situated exists in almost prime beauty for thousands of years, the process of extinction being exceedingly slow, as we reckon time.

然而，毫无疑问，许多位置优越的优质草地几乎在最美的状态下存在了数千年，按照我们的时间计算，灭绝的过程非常缓慢。