It dances down its canyon much as it has since the glaciers receded 10, 000 years ago—in spring as a raging, tree-felling torrent, in late summer as a spare, crystalline rivulet.

这条河的河水沿着峡谷就像自冰川消退的一万年前那样翻滚着——春天它就像一条汹涌澎湃、砍伐树木的洪流一样，季夏它就像一条毫无渲染的晶莹剔透的小河流一样。

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Clinton Estates said it received a licence from the Forestry Commission to carry out the entire felling programme at the site, near Bicton, over spring 2012.

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