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CHAPTER XVII. DRIFTING DOWN THE STREAM.
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"Off we go!" It was the voice of Hercules addressing Dick Sands, who, frightfully debilitated1 by recent sufferings, was leaning against Cousin Benedict for support. Dingo was lying at his feet.
Mrs. Weldon gradually recovered her consciousness. Looking around her in amazement2 she caught sight of Dick.
"Dick, is it you?" she muttered feebly.
The lad with some difficulty arose, and took her hand in his, while Jack3 overwhelmed him with kisses.
"And who would have thought it was you, Hercules, that carried us away?" said the child; "I did not know you a bit; you were so dreadfully ugly."
"I was a sort of a devil, you know, Master Jack," Hercules answered; "and the devil is not particularly handsome;" and he began rubbing his chest vigorously to get rid of the white pattern with which he had adorned4 it.
Mrs. Weldon held out her hand to him with a grateful smile.
"Yes, Mrs. Weldon, he has saved you, and although he does not own it, he has saved me too," said Dick.
"Saved!" repeated Hercules, "you must not talk about safety, for you are not saved yet."
And pointing to Benedict, he continued,-
"That's where your thanks are due; unless he had come and informed me all about you and where you were, I should have known nothing, and should have been powerless to aid you."
It was now five days since he had fallen in with the entomologist as he was chasing the manticora, and unceremoniously had carried him off.
As the canoe drifted rapidly along the stream, Hercules briefly5 related his adventures since his escape from the encampment on the Coanza. He described how he had followed the kitanda which was conveying Mrs. Weldon; how in the course of his march he had found Dingo badly wounded; how he and the dog together had reached the neighbourhood of Kazonndé, and how he had
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1 debilitated | |
adj.疲惫不堪的,操劳过度的v.使(人或人的身体)非常虚弱( debilitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 amazement | |
n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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3 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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4 adorned | |
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5 briefly | |
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6 contrived | |
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7 entirely | |
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8 celebrated | |
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9 undertaking | |
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10 sufficiently | |
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11 paraphernalia | |
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14 stratagem | |
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15 recollect | |
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16 papyrus | |
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17 wade | |
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18 wretches | |
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19 trench | |
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20 wrench | |
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21 socket | |
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22 modesty | |
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23 conceal | |
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24 accomplished | |
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25 feat | |
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26 incur | |
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27 inquiry | |
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28 countenance | |
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29 prudent | |
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30 depreciate | |
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31 rascals | |
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32 Portuguese | |
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33 chuckling | |
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34 heartily | |
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35 prospect | |
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36 forestalled | |
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37 contemplated | |
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38 descending | |
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39 proceeding | |
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40 embark | |
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41 rambles | |
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42 velocity | |
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43 elude | |
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44 concealed | |
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45 gulls | |
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46 fatigue | |
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47 procure | |
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48 thatch | |
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49 cataracts | |
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50 repose | |
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51 apprehension | |
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52 destitute | |
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53 fragrant | |
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54 shrubs | |
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55 foliage | |
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56 lichen | |
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57 utterly | |
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58 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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59 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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60 herd | |
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61 dreaded | |
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62 alleged | |
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63 propensity | |
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64 artifice | |
n.妙计,高明的手段;狡诈,诡计 | |
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65 promptly | |
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66 obstruction | |
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67 glossy | |
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68 specimens | |
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
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69 wield | |
vt.行使,运用,支配;挥,使用(武器等) | |
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70 hatchet | |
n.短柄小斧;v.扼杀 | |
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71 asunder | |
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72 reluctance | |
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73 perfectly | |
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74 ardent | |
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75 regain | |
vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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76 invaluable | |
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77 exertions | |
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78 sullen | |
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79 poked | |
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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80 amends | |
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81 mischief | |
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82 enraptured | |
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83 naturalist | |
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84 worthy | |
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85 enthusiast | |
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86 discourse | |
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88 attentive | |
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89 steadily | |
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90 rattle | |
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91 hippopotamuses | |
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92 ponderous | |
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93 machinery | |
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94 quench | |
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95 apprehended | |
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