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Chapter One.
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“Six feet water in the hold, sir!”
That would not have been a pleasant announcement to the captain of the ‘Aurora’ at any time, but its unpleasantness was vastly increased by the fact that it greeted him near the termination of what had been, up to that point of time, an exceedingly prosperous voyage.
“Are you sure, Davis?” asked the captain; “try again.”
He gave the order under the influence of that feeling which is styled “hoping against hope,” and himself accompanied the ship’s carpenter to see it obeyed.
“Six feet two inches,” was the result of this investigation1.
The vessel2, a large English brig, had sprung a leak, and was rolling heavily in a somewhat rough sea off the east coast of Africa. It was no consolation3 to her captain that the shores of the great continent were visible on his lee, because a tremendous surf roared along the whole line of coast, threatening destruction to any vessel that should venture to approach, and there was no harbour of refuge nigh.
“She’s sinking fast, Mr Seadrift,” said the captain to a stout4 frank-looking youth of about twenty summers, who leant against the bulwarks5 and gazed wistfully at the land; “the carpenter cannot find the leak, and the rate at which the water is rising shows that she cannot float long.”
“What then do you propose to do?” inquired young Seadrift, with a troubled expression of countenance7.
“Abandon her,” replied the captain.
“Well, you may do so, captain, but I shall not forsake8 my father’s ship as long as she can float. Why not beach her somewhere on the coast? By so doing we might save part of the
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investigation
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tar
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annually
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candid
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foam
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steering
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rummaging
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翻找,搜寻( rummage的现在分词 ); 海关检查 | |
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wrecked
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creek
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scant
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proceedings
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sufficiently
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peculiar
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astonishment
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pointed
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confidential
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mariner
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mariners
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海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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hesitation
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ashore
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Portuguese
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n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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survivors
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幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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lithe
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populous
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sinister
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destitute
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utterly
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tusk
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standing
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remonstrance
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n抗议,抱怨 | |
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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dignified
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delusion
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hearth
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vehemently
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guardians
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