He approached the ice-hills and heard the clanking of the chains by which the sledges were being pulled up, their clatter as they descended the hills, and the sound of merry voices.
Он подошел к горам, на которых гремели цепи спускаемых и поднимаемых салазок, грохотали катившиеся салазки и звучали веселые голоса.