Pine-tassels, flakes of bark, soil, leaves, and broken branches were being swept forward, and many a rock-fragment, weathered from exposed ledges, was now receiving its first rounding and polishing in the wild streams of the storm.

松穗、树皮片、泥土、树叶和折断的树枝被向前扫过，许多从裸露的壁架上风化的岩石碎片现在正在风暴的狂野溪流中进行第一次磨圆和抛光。