they have then a large plain upon their hands, which they know not what to do with--and which is of little or no use to them but to carry them to some town; and that town, perhaps of little more, but a new place to start from to the next plain----and so on.

 they have then a large plain upon their hands, which they know not what to do with - and which is of little use to them but to carry them to some town; and that town may be of no more use than as a starting-point for the next plain - and so on.
