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CHAPTER XV.
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Health and happiness return--Incidents of the journey--Abuffalo shot--A wild horse "creased"--Dick's battle witha mustang.
Dick Varley's fears and troubles, in the meantime,were ended. On the day following heawoke refreshed and happy--so happy and light atheart, as he felt the glow of returning health coursingthrough his veins3, that he fancied he must have dreamedit all. In fact, he was so certain that his muscles werestrong that he endeavoured to leap up, but was powerfullyconvinced of his true condition by the miserablestagger that resulted from the effort.
However, he knew he was recovering, so he rose, andthanking God for his recovery, and for the new hopethat was raised in his heart, he went down to the pooland drank deeply of its water. Then he returned, and,sitting down beside his dog, opened the Bible and readlong--and, for the first time, earnestly--the story ofChrist's love for sinful man. He at last fell asleep overthe book, and when he awakened4 felt so much refreshedin body and mind that he determined5 to attempt topursue his journey.
He had not proceeded far when he came upon acolony of prairie-dogs. Upon this occasion he was littleinclined to take a humorous view of the vagaries6 ofthese curious little creatures, but he shot one, and, asbefore, ate part of it raw. These creatures are so activethat they are difficult to shoot, and even when killedgenerally fall into their holes and disappear. Crusoe,however, soon unearthed7 the dead animal on this occasion.
That night the travellers came to a stream offresh water, and Dick killed a turkey, so that he determinedto spend a couple of days there to recruit. Atthe end of that time he again set out, but was able onlyto advance five miles when he broke down. In fact, itbecame evident to him that he must have a longer periodof absolute repose8 ere he could hope to continue hisjourney; but to do so without food was impossible.
Fortunately there was plenty of water, as his course layalong the margin
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buffalo
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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n.折缝,褶痕,皱褶;v.(使)起皱 | |
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meandering
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蜿蜒的河流,漫步,聊天 | |
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论文( discourse的名词复数 ); 演说; 讲道; 话语 | |
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wilderness
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beverage
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parlance
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n.说法;语调 | |
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creasing
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(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的现在分词 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹; 挑檐 | |
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vt.打昏,使昏迷,使震惊,使惊叹 | |
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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gulf
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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adroitly
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previously
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joyous
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hideous
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