There, seated on a log on the point of land, was a small boy.

在那儿，在沙地尽头的一根木头上坐着的居然是一个小男孩。

The most likely place was at the thinnest point of land: Panama.

巴拿马。

From one shore, a point of land extended out into the pond.

在岸的这边，有一片土地一直伸展到池塘的边缘。

She gazed intently at the point of land that jutted out into the pond near the nest.

她盯向那带与池塘接壤的靠近她的窝的沙地。

And before he could enter the water, he'd have to walk the whole length of that point of land.

在他能进到水里之前，他还得走完这一带沙地。

We came back once more to the point of land.

我们又一次回到陆地上。

He walked slowly around the shore to the little point of land near the island and sat down on his log.

他慢慢地沿着岸边绕到靠近岛子的那片小沙地尖角，在他那根木头上坐下。

The act was this—to go to some point of land and watch for the ship that brought her future husband home.

行动是这样的——去某个地方寻找把她未来的丈夫带回家的船。

The most likely place to build such a canal was at the thinnest point of land: Panama. Another possible place was just to the north: Nicaragua.

巴拿马。另一个可能的地点是在北边：尼加拉瓜。

Then up came the sun, as it were in jerks, just to seaward of the easternmost point of land, flinging out a Jacob's-ladder path of light from itself to Elfride and Knight, and coating them with rays in a few minutes.

然后太阳升起来了，就像在抽搐一样，就在陆地最东端的海边，从它身上射出一条雅各布梯子的光路，到达埃尔弗里德和奈特，并在几分钟内将光线覆盖在他们身上。