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The wide expanse of Poole Harbour is a well-known haunt of sportsmen, for in the winter it is the home of innumerable wild-fowl, and for those who are fond of yachting and pottering about with boats it is large enough to test their skill and patience in controlling a craft in the wind and wave. Here we get a double tide, the second rising rather higher than the first, and when the tide is in the view is not unlike a Dutch landscape. But the ebb1 lays bare acres of mud-banks, which mar2 the prospect3. However, the marine4 emanations from the mud-banks are said to be very salubrious. This harbour is the only haven5 between Southampton and Weymouth for yachting men.
Inland from Poole the country is pleasantly varied6 by hills and heaths, through which, on the west side of the harbour, the verge7 of Bournemouth is reached, and an hour's walk will take the pilgrim over the Hampshire boundary.
Poole Quay8, where we smell the smell of tar9, piled-up teak and reeking10 pine, is an interesting place for lovers of the picturesque11. Here we find an old postern gate of Richard III.'s day, and the Town Cellar or Wool House. The last recalls the days when Poole was part of the manor12 of Canford. The lords of Canford sometimes received
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1 ebb | |
vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态 | |
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vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟 | |
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3 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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4 marine | |
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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5 haven | |
n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所 | |
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6 varied | |
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7 verge | |
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9 tar | |
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10 reeking | |
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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11 picturesque | |
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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12 manor | |
n.庄园,领地 | |
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13 toll | |
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟) | |
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14 smuggling | |
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15 posterity | |
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16 harry | |
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17 havoc | |
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18 sweeping | |
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19 reign | |
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20 junction | |
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21 corruption | |
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22 tersely | |
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23 manors | |
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24 tenure | |
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期 | |
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25 corrupted | |
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26 hardy | |
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27 ironies | |
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28 vessel | |
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29 insufficient | |
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30 itinerary | |
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