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Chapter 30. The Inland Waters.
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They were not badly provided for their journey. The captain of the Gloucester brig in which the Americans had started from Quebec knew Ephraim Savage1 well, as who did not upon the New England coast? He had accepted his bill therefore at three months’ date, at as high a rate of interest as he could screw out of him, and he had let him have in return three excellent guns, a good supply of ammunition2, and enough money to provide for all his wants. In this way he had hired the canoe and the Indians, and had fitted her with meat and biscuit to last them for ten days at the least.
“It’s like the breath of life to me to feel the heft of a gun and to smell the trees round me,” said Amos. “Why, it cannot be more than a hundred leagues from here to Albany or Schenectady, right through the forest.”
“Ay, lad, but how is the gal3 to walk a hundred leagues through a forest? No, no, let us keep water under our keel, and lean on the Lord.”
“Then there is only one way for it. We must make the Richelieu River, and keep right along to Lake Champlain and Lake St. Sacrament. There we should be close by the headwaters of the Hudson.”
“It is a dangerous road,” said De Catinat, who understood the conversation of his companions, even when he was unable to join in it. “We should need to skirt the country of the Mohawks.”
“It’s the only way, I guess. It’s that or nothing.”
“And I have a friend upon the Richelieu River who, I am sure, would help us on our way,” said De Catinat with a smile. “Adele, you have heard me talk of Charles de la Noue, seigneur de Sainte Marie?”
“He whom you used to call the Canadian duke, Amory?”
“Precisely. His seigneury lies on the Richelieu, a little south of Fort St. Louis, and I am sure that he would speed us upon our way.”
“Good!” cried Amos. “If we have a friend there we shall do well. That clenches4 it then, and we shall hold fast by the river. Let’s get to our paddles then, for that friar will make mischief5 for us if he can.”
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的第三人称单数 ) | |
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tack
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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bluff
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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peril
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v.区别,辨别,区分;有区别地对待 | |
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rusty
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zigzagged
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refinement
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wayfarers
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fugitives
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dwellings
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pointed
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furry
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adj.毛皮的;似毛皮的;毛皮制的 | |
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otter
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n.水獭 | |
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crouching
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scuttle
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porcupine
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resin
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tangle
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foliage
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slumbering
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微睡,睡眠(slumber的现在分词形式) | |
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eastward
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humiliation
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galley
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