On the one hand, again, a world with scattered trees is different from one where they're collected into forests; but on the other, what exactly is a forest over and above its trees?

从一方面来说，一个只有零星树木的世界与很多树木聚集成为森林的世界是不同的，但从另一方面来说，到底有没有一个界限，超过了多少树木，就可以称作是森林呢？

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Some farmers are scattered in the forests.

一些农民散居在森林里。

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Until the 1880s, it was an area of scattered farms and untrammelled forests that were a refuge for runaway slaves.

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