They are nearly as level as the lakes whose places they have taken, and present a dry, even surface free from rock-heaps, mossy bogginess, and the frowsy roughness of rank, coarse-leaved, weedy, and shrubby vegetation.

它们几乎与它们所在位置的湖泊一样平坦，呈现出干燥平坦的表面，没有岩石堆、长满苔藓的沼泽地和令人讨厌的粗糙的等级、粗叶、杂草和灌木植物。