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CHAPTER TWENTY
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HISTORY OF A DAY AS USUALLY SPENT IN TYPEE VALLEY—DANCES OF THE MARQUESAN GIRLS
NOTHING can be more uniform and undiversified than the life of the Typees; one tranquil1 day of ease and happiness follows another in quiet succession; and with these unsophisicated savages2 the history of a day is the history of a life. I will, therefore, as briefly3 as I can, describe one of our days in the valley.
To begin with the morning. We were not very early risers—the sun would be shooting his golden spikes4 above the Happar mountain, ere I threw aside my tappa robe, and girding my long tunic5 about my waist, sallied out with Fayaway and Kory-Kory, and the rest of the household, and bent6 my steps towards the stream. Here we found congregated7 all those who dwelt in our section of the valley; and here we bathed with them. The fresh morning air and the cool flowing waters put both soul and body in a glow, and after a half-hour employed in this recreation, we sauntered back to the house—Tinor and Marheyo gathering8 dry sticks by the way for fire-wood; some of the young men laying the cocoanut trees under contribution as they passed beneath them; while Kory-Kory played his outlandish pranks9 for my particular diversion, and Fayaway and I, not arm in arm to be sure, but sometimes hand in hand, strolled along, with feelings of perfect charity for all the world, and especial good-will towards each other.
Our morning meal was soon prepared. The islanders are somewhat abstemious10 at this repast; reserving the more powerful efforts of their appetite to a later period of the day. For my own part, with the assistance of my valet, who, as I have before stated, always officiated as spoon on these occasions, I ate sparingly from one of Tinor’s trenchers, of poee-poee; which was
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tranquil
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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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briefly
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spikes
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tunic
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bent
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gathering
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pranks
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devoted
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milky
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nutritious
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diversify
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inmates
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sociable
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divan
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digestion
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intervals
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systematic
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fragrant
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tusks
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| n.(象等动物的)长牙( tusk的名词复数 );獠牙;尖形物;尖头 | |
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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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carving
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pointed
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adorning
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groves
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grove
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friction
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rabble
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dwelling
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proceedings
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boundless
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throng
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accomplished
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javelin
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specimen
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luxurious
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siesta
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proprieties
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sleepers
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lavishly
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larder
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tapers
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| (长形物体的)逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 ); 微弱的光; 极细的蜡烛 | |
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dwellings
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tunics
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| 微睡,睡眠(slumber的现在分词形式) | |
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narcotic
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