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Chapter 12
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Two tall, bearded white men moved cautiously through the jungle from their camp beside a wide river. They were Carl Jenssen and Sven Malbihn, but little altered in appearance since the day, years before, that they and their safari2 had been so badly frightened by Korak and Akut as the former sought haven3 with them.
Every year had they come into the jungle to trade with the natives, or to rob them; to hunt and trap; or to guide other white men in the land they knew so well. Always since their experience with The Sheik had they operated at a safe distance from his territory.
Now they were closer to his village than they had been for years, yet safe enough from discovery owing to the uninhabited nature of the intervening jungle and the fear and enmity of Kovudoo's people for The Sheik, who, in time past, had raided and all but exterminated4 the tribe.
This year they had come to trap live specimens5 for a European zoological garden, and today they were approaching a trap which they had set in the hope of capturing a specimen6 of the large baboons8 that frequented the neighborhood. As they approached the trap they became aware from the noises emanating9 from its vicinity that their efforts had been crowned with success. The barking and screaming of hundreds of baboons could mean naught10 else than that one or more of their number had fallen a victim to the allurements11 of the bait.
The extreme caution of the two men was prompted by former experiences with the intelligent and doglike creatures with which they had to deal. More than one trapper has lost his life in battle with
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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calf
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n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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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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lone
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嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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