The river has its everyday work to do and hastens through fields and hamlets; yet its incessant stream winds towards the washing of thy feet.

河水有它每天的工作，匆忙地穿过田野和村庄；但它的不绝的水流，又曲折地回来洗你的双脚。

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。