"During the last two days the contrabands fairly swarmed about the Fredericksburg and Falmouth Stations, and there was a continuous black line of men, women and children moving north along the road, carrying all their worldly goods on their heads.

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There was the wonder I felt when I saw a brace of mountain like, spotted, black-and-white horses clopping down a dusty road through clouds of powdered clay.

我觉到很美妙,当我望见一大群如山般高大的，黑白斑点马压过土路,我觉到很快乐。

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And you get that reinforced on the very next page if you just skip over about a page from there: "A black pickup truck turned off a side road in front of him.

当你看到下一页时,这种感觉会加强,直接往后跳过一页：,“一辆小型黑色货车,在他面前拐进一条小路。

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