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Chapter 14. Gore and Dreams
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It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails! The craft was long and low. In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars1 with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land. I was dumbfounded.
Could it be that the savage2, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed? It seemed impossible! And as I looked I saw another of the same type swing into view and follow its sister through the narrow strait out into the ocean.
Nor were these all. One after another, following closely upon one another’s heels, came fifty of the trim, graceful3 vessels5. They were cutting in between Hooja’s fleet and our little dugout.
When they came a bit closer my eyes fairly popped from my head at what I saw, for in the eye of the leading felucca stood a man with a sea-glass leveled upon us. Who could they be? Was there a civilization within Pellucidar of such wondrous6 advancement7 as this? Were there far-distant lands of which none of my people had ever heard, where a race had so greatly outstripped8 all other races of this inner world?
The man with the glass had lowered it and was shouting to us. I could not make out his words, but presently I saw that he was pointing aloft. When I looked I saw a pennant9 fluttering from the peak of the forward lateen yard — a red, white, and blue pennant, with a single great white star in a field of blue.
Then I knew. My eyes went even wider than they had before. It was the navy! It was the navy of the empire of Pellucidar which I had instructed Perry to build in my absence. It was my navy!
I dropped my paddle and stood up and shouted and waved my hand. Juag and Dian looked at me as if I had gone suddenly mad. When I could stop shouting I told them, and they shared my joy and shouted with me.
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oars
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n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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vessels
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pennant
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overhaul
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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bent
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ammunition
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prospector
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puff
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clove
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gunpowder
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cannon
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spoke
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naval
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inadequate
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intercept
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使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的 | |
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catastrophe
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repel
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javelins
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relentlessly
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survivors
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leniency
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foe
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commotion
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maneuvering
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rectify
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stanch
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remarkable
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beheld
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frigate
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implement
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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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complement
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slaughter
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promising
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quarry
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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lagoon
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n.泻湖,咸水湖 | |
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admiration
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punctilious
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publicity
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n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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killing
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ply
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potentate
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redounded
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isle
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precisely
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