10.As the long stretches of land were cleared or prepared for the plow, they were laid out like checkerboards into squares of forty, eighty, one hundred sixty, or more acres, each the seat of a homestead.
当长长的土地被清理或准备好犁地时,它们像棋盘一样被布置成四十英亩、八十英亩、一百六十英亩或更多英亩的正方形, 每块土地都是一个宅基地。机翻