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46 chapter 7-2
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As our horses had had some long journeys for the last three days, we merely returned to our first bivouac on the creek1, when we left the natives, with whom we parted on very good terms, and a promise on their part to come and see us. On the 17th started at quarter-past six for the eastward2, with as much water as we could carry in the cart, as from the accounts of the natives we scarcely hoped to find any. For the first five miles we kept a course rather to the north of east, nearly E.N.E. indeed, to round some sand-hills we should otherwise have been obliged to cross. There were very extensive plains to our left, on which water must lie during winter; but their soil was not good, or the vegetation thick upon them. We could just see the points of the northern flat-topped ranges beyond them. At five miles we turned due east, and crossed several small plains, separated by sandy undulations, not high enough to be termed ridges3; the country, both to the south and east, appearing to be extremely low. At about fifteen miles, just as we were ascending4 a sand hill, Mr. Browne caught sight of a native stealing through the brush, after whom he rode; but the black observing him, ran away. On this Mr. Browne called out to him, when he stopped; but the horse happening to neigh at the moment, the poor fellow took to his heels, and secreted5 himself so adroitly6, that we could not find him. He must, indeed, have been terribly alarmed at the uncouth7 sound he heard.
A short time before our adventure with the native we had seen three pelicans8 coming from the north. They kept very low to the ground, and wheeled along in circles in a very remarkable9 manner, as if they had just risen from water; but at length they soared
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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adroitly
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uncouth
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pelicans
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n.鹈鹕( pelican的名词复数 ) | |
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upwards
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lagoon
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dreary
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specks
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creeks
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n.小湾( creek的名词复数 );小港;小河;小溪 | |
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stunted
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intervals
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testimony
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deluge
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n./vt.洪水,暴雨,使泛滥 | |
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circumference
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elevations
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(水平或数量)提高( elevation的名词复数 ); 高地; 海拔; 提升 | |
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stony
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extremities
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depot
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ascertain
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vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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prudent
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foliage
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n.叶子,树叶,簇叶 | |
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determined
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stationary
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ascertained
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v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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sketch
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depressed
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longitude
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cinders
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sufficiently
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thoroughly
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parched
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drawn
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entirely
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brittle
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adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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saturated
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a.饱和的,充满的 | |
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linen
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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joints
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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scurvy
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adj.下流的,卑鄙的,无礼的;n.坏血病 | |
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affected
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malady
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favourable
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respite
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overcast
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exertion
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captivity
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n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
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abreast
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ascended
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descending
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apparently
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prospect
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burrow
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plovers
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lodged
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pint
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migration
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hawks
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hovering
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wholesome
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