原文
"There are just two patches of it in the whole continent," said Phil,
"one right here in the park, and one somewhere else in Nova Scotia, I
forget where. The famous Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, camped here
one year, and, when the men shook out the straw of their beds in the
spring, some seeds of heather took root."
語彙など
- patch:土地
- Nova Scotia:ノバスコシア州(カナダ)
- Highland Regiment:ハイランド連隊
- Black Watch:英国陸軍スコットランド高地連隊
- shake out:振って落とす
- straw:わら,麦わら
- heather:ヘザー,ギョリュウモドキ
- take root:根付く