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Chapter Thirty.
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The voyage—The island, and a consultation3 in which danger is scouted4 as a thing unworthy of consideration—Rats and cats—The native teacher—Awful revelations—Wonderful effects of Christianity.
Our voyage during the next two weeks was most interesting and prosperous. The breeze continued generally fair, and at all times enabled us to lie our course; for being, as I have said before, clipper-built, the pirate schooner8 could lie very close to the wind and make little leeway. We had no difficulty now in managing our sails, for Jack9 was heavy and powerful, while Peterkin was active as a kitten. Still, however, we were a very insufficient10 crew for such a vessel11; and if any one had proposed to us to make such a voyage in it before we had been forced to go through so many hardships from necessity, we would have turned away with pity from the individual making such proposal as from a madman. I pondered this a good deal, and at last concluded that men do not know how much they are capable of doing till they try, and that we should never give way to despair in any undertaking12, however difficult it may seem—always supposing, however, that our cause is a good one, and that we can ask the Divine blessing13 on it.
Although, therefore, we could now manage our sails easily, we nevertheless found that my pulleys were of much service to us in some things, though Jack did laugh heartily14 at the uncouth15 arrangement of ropes and blocks, which had, to a sailor’s eye, a very
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n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的 | |
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寻找,侦察( scout的过去式和过去分词 ); 物色(优秀运动员、演员、音乐家等) | |
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thoroughly
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confinement
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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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formerly
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hogs
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beheld
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petrified
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forsaking
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vengeance
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rambled
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groves
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diligently
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