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CHAPTER XIV—ATTACKED BY TARTARS
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It was the beginning of February, new style, when we set out from Pekin. My partner and the old pilot had gone express back to the port where we had first put in, to dispose of some goods which we had left there; and I, with a Chinese merchant whom I had some knowledge of at Nankin, and who came to Pekin on his own affairs, went to Nankin, where I bought ninety pieces of fine damasks, with about two hundred pieces of other very fine silk of several sorts, some mixed with gold, and had all these brought to Pekin against my partner’s return. Besides this, we bought a large quantity of raw silk, and some other goods, our cargo1 amounting, in these goods only, to about three thousand five hundred pounds sterling2; which, together with tea and some fine calicoes, and three camels’ loads of nutmegs and cloves3, loaded in all eighteen camels for our share, besides those we rode upon; these, with two or three spare horses, and two horses loaded with provisions, made together twenty-six camels and horses in our retinue4.
The company was very great, and, as near as I can remember, made between three and four hundred horses, and upwards5 of one hundred and twenty men, very well armed and provided for all events; for as the Eastern caravans6 are subject to be attacked by the Arabs, so are these by the Tartars. The company consisted of people of several nations, but there were above sixty of them merchants or inhabitants of Moscow, though of them some were Livonians; and to our particular satisfaction, five of them were Scots, who appeared also to be men of great experience in business, and of very good substance.
When we had travelled one day’s journey, the guides, who were five in number, called all the passengers, except the servants, to a great council, as they called it. At this council every one deposited a certain quantity of money to a common stock, for the necessary expense of buying forage8
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cargo
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| n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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sterling
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| adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑) | |
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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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retinue
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| n.侍从;随员 | |
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upwards
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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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caravan
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forage
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| n.(牛马的)饲料,粮草;v.搜寻,翻寻 | |
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populous
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ware
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| n.(常用复数)商品,货物 | |
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Portuguese
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importunate
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porcelain
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glazed
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| adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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mortar
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warehouse
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literally
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entirely
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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earthenware
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hind
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precipices
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fathoms
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| 英寻( fathom的名词复数 ) | |
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trespassing
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| [法]非法入侵 | |
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extolling
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mighty
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hap
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artillery
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batter
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mightily
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fortified
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depredations
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contemptible
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horde
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prey
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hideous
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| adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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drawn
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gallop
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| v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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vigour
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gallops
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dominions
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| 统治权( dominion的名词复数 ); 领土; 疆土; 版图 | |
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dominion
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frightful
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| adj.可怕的;讨厌的 | |
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wilderness
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| n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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saluted
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spoke
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marshy
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arrant
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enraged
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| 使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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interval
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wrenched
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| v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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apprehended
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| 逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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scoured
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| 走遍(某地)搜寻(人或物)( scour的过去式和过去分词 ); (用力)刷; 擦净; 擦亮 | |
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bloody
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hanger
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joyfully
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garrison
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| n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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