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CHAPTER XX. THE STOCKADE AMONG THE PINES.
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It took us a heavy day's work to get the stockade1 finished. There were only the two axes in the party, besides Shalah's tomahawk, and no one can know the labour of felling and trimming trees tin he has tried it. We found the horses useful for dragging trunks, and but for them should have made a poor job of it. Grey's white hands were all cut and blistered2, and, though I boasted of my hardiness3, mine were little better. Ringan was the surprise, for you would not think that sailing a ship was a good apprenticeship4 to forestry5. But he was as skilful6 as Bertrand and as strong as Donaldson, and he had a better idea of fortification than us all put together.
The palisade which ran round the camp was six feet high, made of logs lashed7 to upright stakes. There was a gate which could be barred heavily, and loopholes were made every yard or so for musket8 fire. On one side—that facing the uplift of the ridge9—the walls rose to nine feet. Inside we made a division. In one half the horses were picketed10 at night, and the other was our dwelling11.
For Elspeth we made a bower12 in one corner, which we thatched with pine branches; but the rest of us slept in the open round the fire. It was a rough place, but a strong one, for our water could not be cut off, and, as we had plenty of ball and powder, a few men could hold it against a host. To each was
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stockade
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n.栅栏,围栏;v.用栅栏防护 | |
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forestry
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picketed
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分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rigid
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martinet
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scout
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ascertaining
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ridges
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portent
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elk
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trout
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grilling
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prospect
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intoxication
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incense
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smacking
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solitude
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hush
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twilight
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lighting
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gnome
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docile
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contentedly
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aloof
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fixed
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marvels
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ballad
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taverns
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orchards
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tune
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bind
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gem
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moor
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mumbling
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vault
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cedar
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warriors
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守候活动,童子军的活动 | |
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