The rolling foothill country of north Georgia was plowed in a million curves to keep the rich earth from washing down into the river bottoms.

• 北佐治亚连绵起伏的山麓地带被犁成了无数弯弯曲曲地垅沟，这样说，对自己那使肥沃的土壤不致被冲洗到河床里去。