Here and there he stops to dig with an iron tool, and finds good mould, or peaty soil, manured with the rotted wood and fallen leaves of a thousand years.

他时不时地停下来用铁制工具挖掘， 发现了很好的霉菌或泥炭土， 上面堆满了腐烂的木头和一千年的落叶。