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CHAPTER X—HE IS LEFT ON SHORE
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I was very angry with my nephew, the captain, and indeed with all the men, but with him in particular, as well for his acting1 so out of his duty as a commander of the ship, and having the charge of the voyage upon him, as in his prompting, rather than cooling, the rage of his blind men in so bloody2 and cruel an enterprise. My nephew answered me very respectfully, but told me that when he saw the body of the poor seaman3 whom they had murdered in so cruel and barbarous a manner, he was not master of himself, neither could he govern his passion; he owned he should not have done so, as he was commander of the ship; but as he was a man, and nature moved him, he could not bear it. As for the rest of the men, they were not subject to me at all, and they knew it well enough; so they took no notice of my dislike. The next day we set sail, so we never heard any more of it. Our men differed in the account of the number they had killed; but according to the best of their accounts, put all together, they killed or destroyed about one hundred and fifty people, men, women, and children, and left not a house standing4 in the town. As for the poor fellow Tom Jeffry, as he was quite dead (for his throat was so cut that his head was half off), it would do him no service to bring him away; so they only took him down from the tree, where he was hanging by one hand.
However just our men thought this action, I was against them in it, and I always, after that time, told them God would blast the voyage; for I looked upon all the blood they shed that night to be murder in them. For though it is true that they had killed Tom Jeffry, yet Jeffry was the aggressor, had broken the truce5, and had ill-used a young woman of theirs, who came down to them innocently, and on the faith of the public capitulation.
The boatswain defended this quarrel when we were afterwards on board. He said it was true that we seemed to break the truce, but really had not; and that the war was begun the night before by the natives themselves, who had shot at us, and killed one of our men without any just provocation
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acting
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| n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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bloody
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| adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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seaman
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standing
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| n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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truce
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| n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束 | |
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provocation
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| n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因 | |
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barbarians
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| n.野蛮人( barbarian的名词复数 );外国人;粗野的人;无教养的人 | |
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gulf
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| n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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vent
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| n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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upbraid
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censures
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scripture
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| n.经文,圣书,手稿;Scripture:(常用复数)《圣经》,《圣经》中的一段 | |
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saviour
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| n.拯救者,救星 | |
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massacre
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| n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀 | |
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insolent
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| adj.傲慢的,无理的 | |
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entreated
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| 恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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harangue
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| n.慷慨冗长的训话,言辞激烈的讲话 | |
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loath
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seamen
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unreasonableness
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| 无理性; 横逆 | |
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injustice
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| n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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apprehensions
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importunity
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steer
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| vt.驾驶,为…操舵;引导;vi.驾驶 | |
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caravans
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| (可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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mortification
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lodging
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thoroughly
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goodwill
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| n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉 | |
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rambling
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vessel
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| n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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opium
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tempted
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obedience
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covetous
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undertakings
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| 企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务 | |
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impatience
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interval
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| n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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consultations
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| n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找 | |
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cloves
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| n.丁香(热带树木的干花,形似小钉子,用作调味品,尤用作甜食的香料)( clove的名词复数 );蒜瓣(a garlic ~|a ~of garlic) | |
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touching
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| adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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rebuke
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| v.指责,非难,斥责 [反]praise | |
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embark
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| vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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heartily
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| adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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harass
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| vt.使烦恼,折磨,骚扰 | |
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