评论
打印
April 22.The next Morning I began to consider of Means to put this Resolve in Execution,but I was at a great loss about my Tools;[qh]
四月二十二日，今天早上，我开始考虑实施我搬家的计划，但却无法解决工具问题。[qh]
I had three large Axes and abundance of Hatchets,(for we carried the Hatchets for Traffick with the Indians)[qh]
我有三把大斧和许多小斧（我们带了许多小斧，是准备与非洲土人做交易用的），[qh]
but with much chopping and cutting knotty hard Wood,they were all full of Notches and dull,[qh]
但由于经常用来砍削多节的硬木头，弄得都是缺口，一点也不快了。[qh]
and tho'I had a Grindstone,I could not turn it and grind my Tools too,[qh]
磨刀砂轮倒是有一个，但我却无法转动磨轮来磨工具。[qh]
this cost me as much Thought as a Statesman would have bestowed upon a grand Point of Politicks,[qh]
为了设法使磨轮转动，我煞费苦心，犹如政治家思考国家大事，[qh]
or a Judge upon the Life and Death of a Man.[qh]
也像法官决定一个人的生死命运。[qh]
At length I contrived a Wheel with a String,to turn it with my Foot,that I might have both my Hands at Liberty:[qh]
最后，我想出办法，用一根绳子套在一个轮子上，用脚转动轮子，两手就可腾出来磨工具了。[qh]
Note,I had never seen any such thing in England,or at least not to take Notice how it was done,[qh]
附记：在英国，我从未见过磨刀的工具，即使见过，自己也没注意过这种东西的样子，[qh]
tho'Since I have observed it is very common there;besides that,my Grindstone was very large and heavy.[qh]
尽管在英国这种磨刀工具是到处可见的。此外，我的磨轮又大又笨重。[qh]
This Machine cost me a full Week's Work to bring it to Perfection.[qh]
我花了整整一个星期，才把这个磨刀机器做好。[qh]
April 28,29.These two whole Days I took up in grinding my Tools,my Machine for turning my Grindstone performing very well.[qh]
四月二十八日、二十九日整整两天，我忙着磨工具。转动磨轮的机器效果不错。[qh]
April 30.Having perceived my Bread had been low a great while,now I took a Survey of it,[qh]
四月三十日我发现食物大大减少了，就仔细检查了一下，[qh]
and reduced my self to one Bisket-cake a Day,which made my Heart very heavy.[qh]
决定减为每天只吃一块饼干，这使我心里非常忧虑。[qh]
May 1.In the Morning looking towards the Sea-side,the Tide being low,I saw something lye on the Shore bigger than ordinary,[qh]
五月一日早晨，我向海面望去，只见潮水已经退了。一个看上去像桶一样的大东西搁浅在岸边。[qh]
and it looked like a Cask;when I came to it,I found a small Barrel,and two or three Pieces of the Wreck of the Ship,[qh]
我走过去一看，原来是一只小木桶，另外还有几艘破船的残骸；[qh]
which were driven on Shore by the late Hurricane,and looking towards the Wreck itself,[qh]
这些都是被飓风刮到岸上来的。[qh]
I thought it seemed to lye higher out of the Water than it used to do;[qh]
再看看那只破船，只见比先前更高出水面。[qh]
I examined the Barrel which was driven on Shore,and soon found it was a Barrel of Gunpowder,[qh]
我察看了一下冲上岸边的木桶，发现原来是一桶火药，[qh]
but it had taken Water,and the Powder was caked as hard as a Stone;[qh]
但火药已浸水，结得像石头一样硬。[qh]
however I rolled it farther on Shore for the present,and went on upon the Sands as near as I could to the Wreck of the Ship to look for more.[qh]
不过，我还是暂时把它滚到岸上。然后踏上沙滩，尽量走近那破船，希望能再弄到点什么东西。[qh]
