In the valleys of the Falls and Mercy rivers no drop of water now flowed towards the sea, and should Lake Grant be entirely dried up, the colonists would have no means of quenching their thirst.
Los valles del río de la Cascada y de la Merced no enviaban una sola gota de agua al mar, y los colonos no hubieran tenido medio ninguno de apagar su sed, si el lago Grant hubiera quedado enteramente desecado.