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The "Horn o' Plenty" was a fine, big, old-fashioned ship, very high in the bow, very high in the stern, with a quarter-deck always carpeted in fine weather, because her captain could not see why one should not make himself comfortable at sea as well as on land. Covajos Maroots was her captain, and a fine, jolly, old-fashioned, elderly sailor he was. The "Horn o' Plenty" always sailed upon one sea, and always between two ports, one on the west side of the sea, and one on the east. The port on the west was quite a large city, in which Captain Covajos had a married son, and the port on the east was another city in which he had a married daughter. In each family he had several grandchildren; and, consequently, it was a great joy to the jolly old sailor to arrive at either port. The Captain was very particular about his cargo1, and the "Horn o' Plenty" was generally laden2 with good things to eat, or sweet things to smell, or fine things to wear, or beautiful things to look at. Once a merchant brought to him some boxes of bitter aloes, and mustard plasters, but Captain Covajos refused to take them into his ship.
"I know," said he, "that such things are very useful and necessary at times, but you would better send them over in some other vessel3. The 'Horn o' Plenty' has never carried any thing that to look at, to taste, or to smell, did not delight the souls of old and young. I am sure you cannot say that of these commodities. If I were to put such things on board my ship, it would break the spell which more than fifty savory4 voyages have thrown around it."
There were sailors who sailed upon that sea who used to say that sometimes, when the weather was hazy5 and they could not see far, they would know they were about to meet the "Horn o' Plenty" before she came in sight; her planks
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cargo
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| n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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famished
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| 监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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helping
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monarch
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eldest
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procured
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forefathers
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remains
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majesty
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treasurer
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luscious
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huddling
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manoeuvre
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swarming
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savage
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vessels
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swarmed
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ferocious
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interfered
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rascals
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possessed
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joyously
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