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CHAPTER V—A GREAT VICTORY
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It was five or six months after this before they heard any more of the savages1, in which time our men were in hopes they had either forgot their former bad luck, or given over hopes of better; when, on a sudden, they were invaded with a most formidable fleet of no less than eight-and-twenty canoes, full of savages, armed with bows and arrows, great clubs, wooden swords, and such like engines of war; and they brought such numbers with them, that, in short, it put all our people into the utmost consternation3.
As they came on shore in the evening, and at the easternmost side of the island, our men had that night to consult and consider what to do. In the first place, knowing that their being entirely4 concealed5 was their only safety before and would be much more so now, while the number of their enemies would be so great, they resolved, first of all, to take down the huts which were built for the two Englishmen, and drive away their goats to the old cave; because they supposed the savages would go directly thither6, as soon as it was day, to play the old game over again, though they did not now land within two leagues of it. In the next place, they drove away all the flocks of goats they had at the old bower7, as I called it, which belonged to the Spaniards; and, in short, left as little appearance of inhabitants anywhere as was possible; and the next morning early they posted themselves, with all their force, at the plantation8 of the two men, to wait for their coming. As they guessed, so it happened: these new invaders9, leaving their canoes at the east end of the island, came ranging along the shore, directly towards the place, to the number of two hundred and fifty, as near as our men could judge. Our army was but small indeed; but, that which was worse, they had not arms for all their number. The whole account, it seems, stood thus: first, as to men, seventeen Spaniards, five Englishmen, old Friday, the three slaves taken with the women, who proved very faithful, and three other slaves, who lived with the Spaniards. To arm these, they had eleven
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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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| adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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bower
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invaders
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spike
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spoke
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thicket
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throng
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retired
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killing
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disorder
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scoured
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miserable
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remains
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countenance
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stratagem
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desolate
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| adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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wretches
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plantations
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| n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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distress
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undone
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hideous
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prudence
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extremity
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remarkable
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barley
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devour
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sullen
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| adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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victuals
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tractable
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thoroughly
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inquiry
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sieves
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ingenuity
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industrious
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charcoal
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