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Chapter Eleven.
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The Hairy Ones feast and are Happy.
Lest the reader should anticipate, from the conclusion of the last chapter, that we are about to describe a scene of bloodshed and savagery1, we may as well explain in passing that the custom of duelling, as practised among some tribes of the Eskimos, is entirely3 intellectual, and well worthy4 of recommendation to those civilised nations which still cling fondly and foolishly to the rapier and pistol.
If an Eskimo of the region about which we write thinks himself aggrieved5 by another, he challenges him to a singing and dancing combat. The idea of taking their revenge, or “satisfying their honour,” by risking their lives and proving their courage in mortal combat, does not seem to have occurred to them—probably because the act would be without significance among men whose whole existence is passed in the daily risk of life and limb and proof of courage.
Certainly the singing combat has this advantage, that intellect triumphs over mere6 brute7 force, and the physically8 weak may prove to be more than a match for the strong.
But as this duel2 was postponed9 to the following day, for the very good reason that a hearty10 supper and night of social enjoyment11 had first to be disposed of, we will turn again to the players on the ice-floe.
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perseverance
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adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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walrus
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gale
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wrath
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v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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perspiration
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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