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CHAPTER VI. A WHALE IN SIGHT.
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It will be remembered that this singular incident was made, more than once, the subject of conversation held in the stern of the "Pilgrim" between Mrs. Weldon, Captain Hull1, and the young novice2. The latter, more particularly, experienced an instinctive3 mistrust with regard to Negoro, whose conduct, meanwhile, merited no reproach.
In the prow4 they talked of it also, but they did not draw from it the same conclusions. There, among the ship's crew, Dingo passed merely for a dog that knew how to read, and perhaps even write, better than more than one sailor on board. As for talking, if he did not do it, it was probably for good reasons that he kept silent.
"But, one of these fine days," says the steersman, Bolton, "one fine day that dog will come and ask us how we are heading; if the wind is to the west-north-west-half-north, and we will have to answer him! There are animals that speak! Well, why should not a dog do as much if he took it into his head? It is more difficult to talk with a beak6 than with a mouth!"
"No doubt," replied the boatswain, Howik. "Only it has never been known."
It would have astonished these brave men to tell them that, on the contrary, it had been known, and that a certain Danish servant possessed7 a dog which pronounced distinctly twenty words. But whether this animal comprehended what he said was a mystery. Very evidently this dog, whose glottis was organized in a manner to enable him to emit regular sounds, attached no more sense to his words than do the paroquets, parrots, jackdaws, and magpies9 to theirs. A phrase with animals is nothing more than a kind of song or spoken cry, borrowed from a strange language of which they do not know the meaning.
However that might be, Dingo had become the hero of the deck, of which fact he took no proud advantage. Several times Captain Hull repeated the experiment. The wooden cubes of the alphabet were placed before Dingo, and invariably, without an error, without
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hull
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n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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beak
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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jack
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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hesitation
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Founder
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beavers
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erect
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dictated
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v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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profess
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v.声称,冒称,以...为业,正式接受入教,表明信仰 | |
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longitude
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n.经线,经度 | |
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parlor
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n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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creed
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n.信条;信念,纲领 | |
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cardinal
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legitimate
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inspectors
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n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官 | |
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aquatic
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mechanism
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fleas
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cannon
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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eulogies
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n.颂词,颂文( eulogy的名词复数 ) | |
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discourses
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论文( discourse的名词复数 ); 演说; 讲道; 话语 | |
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envious
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stationary
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abate
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atmospheric
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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deserted
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vessel
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latitude
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Forsaken
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adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词 | |
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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monotonous
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adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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infinitely
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adv.无限地,无穷地 | |
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varied
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adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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marine
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adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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molecules
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分子( molecule的名词复数 ) | |
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evaporation
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n.蒸发,消失 | |
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vapor
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n.蒸汽,雾气 | |
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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interrogate
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vt.讯问,审问,盘问 | |
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embroidered
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stumps
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(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
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fins
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[医]散热片;鱼鳍;飞边;鸭掌 | |
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extremities
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n.端点( extremity的名词复数 );尽头;手和足;极窘迫的境地 | |
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beaks
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n.鸟嘴( beak的名词复数 );鹰钩嘴;尖鼻子;掌权者 | |
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tinge
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vt.(较淡)着色于,染色;使带有…气息;n.淡淡色彩,些微的气息 | |
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myriads
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crustaceans
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n.甲壳纲动物(如蟹、龙虾)( crustacean的名词复数 ) | |
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enchanted
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indifference
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regale
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harpoon
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harpoons
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shrimps
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gourmand
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dorsal
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stratum
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admiration
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irresistible
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cargo
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spout
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peculiarity
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salute
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hurrah
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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