Since the introduction of railways Wessex farmers have managed to do without these Mephistophelian visitants, and the bright pigment so largely used by shepherds in preparing sheep for the fair is obtained by other routes.

自从通了火车以后，威塞克斯的农民没有这些靡菲斯特式的商贩走门串户也能对付着过了，牧羊人在准备他们的羊群去赶集时大量使用的鲜红颜料现在可以从其它途径获得。