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CHAPTER XII
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The Rigging of the Vessel1—An Attack from Foxes—Jup wounded—Jup cured—Completion of the Boat—Pencroft's Triumph—The Bonadventure's trial Trip to the South of the Island—An unexpected Document.
In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally3 loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry. Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
"Here, master," cried Neb; "here's something to employ our time! Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store! But I must have some one to help me. I count on you, Pencroft."
"No, Neb," replied the sailor; "I have the rigging of the vessel to finish and to look after, and you will have to do without me."
"And you, Mr. Herbert?"
"I must go to the corral to-morrow, Neb," replied the lad.
"It will be you then, Mr. Spilett, who will help me?"
"To oblige you, Neb, I will," replied the reporter; "but I warn you that if you disclose your receipts to me, I shall publish them."
"Whenever you like, Mr. Spilett," replied Neb; "whenever you like."
And so the next day Gideon Spilett became Neb's assistant and was installed in his culinary laboratory. The engineer had previously4 made known to him the result of the exploration which he had made the day before, and on this point the reporter shared Harding's opinion, that although he had found nothing, a secret still remained to be discovered!
The frost continued for another week, and the settlers did not leave Granite5 House unless to look after the poultry-yard. The dwelling6 was filled with appetising odours, which[Pg 128] were emitted from the learned manipulation of Neb and the reporter. But all the results of the chase were not made into preserved provisions; and as the game kept perfectly7 in the intense cold, wild duck and other
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1 vessel | |
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5 granite | |
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6 dwelling | |
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7 perfectly | |
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8 fowl | |
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9 aquatic | |
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10 shrouds | |
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14 saluted | |
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15 prospect | |
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16 colonists | |
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17 awakened | |
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18 dressing | |
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19 yelping | |
v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的现在分词 ) | |
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20 jaguars | |
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21 ascending | |
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22 yelps | |
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23 creek | |
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24 hatchets | |
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25 vividly | |
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26 lighting | |
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27 mischief | |
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28 inevitably | |
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29 jaws | |
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30 knotty | |
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31 brandished | |
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32 incessant | |
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33 wielded | |
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34 valiantly | |
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35 hissing | |
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36 determined | |
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37 scampered | |
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38 immediate | |
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39 sufficiently | |
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40 scattered | |
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41 slain | |
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42 intrepid | |
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43 stump | |
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44 insignificant | |
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45 cape | |
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46 drawn | |
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47 mattress | |
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48 interring | |
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49 subsided | |
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50 invalid | |
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51 relish | |
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52 gourmand | |
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53 regaining | |
复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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54 agility | |
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55 puffed | |
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56 tighten | |
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57 worthy | |
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58 hull | |
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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59 ribs | |
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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60 bent | |
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61 lining | |
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62 planks | |
(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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63 lockers | |
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64 oars | |
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65 ascertain | |
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66 oyster | |
n.牡蛎;沉默寡言的人 | |
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67 abounded | |
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68 indigenous | |
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的 | |
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69 modesty | |
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70 bestowed | |
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71 approbation | |
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72 navigated | |
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73 steered | |
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74 possessed | |
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75 remarkably | |
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76 enchanted | |
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77 varied | |
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78 panorama | |
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79 reptile | |
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80 foliage | |
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81 destitute | |
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82 sketched | |
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83 obstinate | |
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84 proprieties | |
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85 vexed | |
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86 opposition | |
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87 whim | |
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88 standing | |
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89 buoys | |
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90 intercepted | |
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 ); 截住; 截击; 拦阻 | |
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91 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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92 rippled | |
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93 gusts | |
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作 | |
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94 plunged | |
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95 corked | |
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96 cork | |
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