Deviously winding, riddled with black sloughs and green cigar-shaped islands, the Mississippi looks as if it had been put here to teach the god-fearing Midwest a lesson about stubborn and unregenerate nature.

它曲折迂回， 布满黑的沼泽和茄形状的岛屿，仿佛特被安置于此， 以教导敬的中西部地区关于顽固不化的大自然的教训。