Taking passage on the first steamer that arrived, he pursued his journey up Red River, a sluggish, winding stream, flowing through a vast region of primitive forests and impenetrable swamps, almost wholly destitute of inhabitants.

他乘坐第一艘到达的轮船， 沿着红河继续他的旅程，红河是一条缓缓蜿蜒的溪流， 流经一片广阔的原始森林和不可逾越的沼泽地，几乎完全没有居民。

A wild hut of underbrush, tossed together by wayfarers through the primitive forest, would acquire the home aspect by one night's lodging of such a woman, and would retain it long after her quiet figure had disappeared into the surrounding shade.

一个野外灌木丛中的小屋，被行人在原始森林中拼凑起来，会通过这样一个女人的一晚住宿而获得家庭的面貌，并且在她安静的身影消失在周围的阴影中之后很长一段时间内都会保留它。