Years later, when the place had already fallen under the grip of the loggers, he returned. What he saw inspired him to write these lines: "The axes have entered the green forest, felling millennia of trees. The forest's rock pillows and carpet of moss have disappeared.
多年後，當河合博士再度回到當年野宿的地方，再不見那花費千百年時間才孕育的整片原始森林，於是寫下這樣的感懷。