The electric light was reflected in sparkling splendour from the schist, limestone, and old red sandstone of the walls. It might have been thought that we were passing through a section of Wales, of which an ancient people gave its name to this system.
La lumière électrique faisait splendidement étinceler les schistes, le calcaire et les vieux grès rouges des parois; on aurait pu se croire dans une tranchée ouverte au milieu du Devonshire, qui donna son nom à ce genre de terrains.