《徐霞客游记·黔游日记四》
开始在溪东走，不久涉过堤坝在溪西走，随即又向西北越过山冈，五里，到达铜鼓山。
始由溪东，已涉堰由溪西，已复西北逾冈，五里，抵铜鼓山。
At first, we walked east along the stream, and soon we crossed the dam and walked west along the stream, and then immediately crossed over the mountain ridge to the northwest, five li, and arrived at Tonggushan Mountain.
<s>[INST] Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 始由溪东，已涉堰由溪西，已复西北逾冈，五里，抵铜鼓山。 [/INST] At first, we walked east along the stream, and soon we crossed the dam and walked west along the stream, and then immediately crossed over the mountain ridge to the northwest, five li, and arrived at Tonggushan Mountain.</s>
Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 始由溪东，已涉堰由溪西，已复西北逾冈，五里，抵铜鼓山。
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At first, we walked east along the stream, and soon we crossed the dam and walked west along the stream, and then immediately crossed over the mountain ridge to the northwest, five li, and arrived at Tonggushan Mountain.
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