On the declivity of the Atlantic basin the first streams, branches of the North Platte River, already appeared.

在大西洋盆地的坡地区，分多由北普拉特河分出来的支流小河。

Soon, multitudes of the people were seen ascending the hill, upon the declivity of which the village stood, to aid in the search.

村庄就坐落在坡上，大批人开始爬，帮助寻找。

So low was an individual sound from these that a combination of hundreds only just emerged from silence, and the myriads of the whole declivity reached the woman's ear but as a shrivelled and intermittent recitative.

一石南花发出的声音，微乎其微，几在一起，也只能在四下一片沉寂时听到，整个坡上无以数计的花送到那个女人耳边的，也不过是枯萎无力、断断续续的吟诵之声。