In front of the temples they set tall pointed stones, cut from a single block of granite.

他们在庙宇前耸立着从整块的分割出来的高而尖的头。

I guided our steps toward a huge bay that made a crescent-shaped incision in the granite cliffs along the beach.

我向一处宽大的港湾一步步走去，湾作斩月形，在的悬崖中间。

" You move me to pity-- you are so weak on this Earth made of granite, " the snake said.

“在这个做成的地球上，你这么弱小，你我同情。”蛇说。

The soil was almost entirely madreporic, but certain dry stream beds were strewn with granite rubble, proving that this island was of primordial origin.

土地差不多完全是由造礁珊瑚沉积形成的，但有些干涸了的急流河床，间杂有的残余，说明这岛的形成是在原始的太古时期。

The banks of the nineteenth century tended to be neoclassic structures of marble or granite faced with ponderous rows of columns.

19世纪的银行往往都是以大理或建造的新古典式建筑，正面装饰着一排排厚重的圆柱。

All this portion of Bundelcund, which is little frequented by travellers, is inhabited by a fanatical population, hardened in the most horrible practices of the Hindoo faith.

平原上蔓生着荆棘杂树，其中还夹杂着一大堆一大堆的。上本德尔汗德这一整块地区，以前都是人迹罕至的地方，现在这里住着一些具有狂热宗教信仰的教族，他们在当地还保留着那些最可怕的教规。