for who would have supposed we were sailed on to the southward, to the truly Barbarian coast,[qh]

没有人会想到，我们会驶向南方野蛮人出没的海岸。[qh]

where whole nations of negroes were sure to surround us with their canoes and destroy us;[qh]

到那儿，我们还来不及上岸，就会给各个黑人部族的独木舟所包围，并把我们杀害；[qh]

where we could not go on shore but we should be devoured by savage beasts, or more merciless savages of human kind.[qh]

即使我们上了岸，也不是给野兽吃掉，就是给更无情的野人吃掉。[qh]

But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening, I changed my course, and steered directly south and by east,[qh]

可是，到傍晚时，我改变了航向。我们船向东南偏东驶去，[qh]

bending my course a little towards the east, that I might keep in with the shore; and having a fair, fresh gale of wind,[qh]

这样船可沿着海岸航行。这时风势极好，[qh]

and a smooth, quiet sea, I made such sail that I believe by the next day, at three o’clock in the afternoon, when I first made the land,[qh]

海面也平静，我就张满帆让船疾驶。以当时船行速度来看，我估计第二天下午三点钟就能靠岸。[qh]

I could not be less than one hundred and fifty miles south of Sallee;[qh]

那时我已经在萨累以南一百五十英里之外了，[qh]

quite beyond the Emperor of Moroccos dominions, or indeed of any other king thereabouts, for we saw no people.[qh]

远离摩洛哥皇帝的领土，也不在任何国王的领地之内，因为那儿我们根本就看不到人迹。[qh]

Yet such was the fright I had taken of the Moors, and the dreadful apprehensions I had of falling into their hands,[qh]

但是，我已被摩尔人吓破了胆，生怕再落到他们的手里；[qh]

that I would not stop, or go on shore, or come to an anchor;[qh]

同时风势又顺，于是也不靠岸，也不下锚，[qh]

the wind continuing fair till I had sailed in that manner five days; and then the wind shifting to the southward,[qh]

一口气竟走了五天。这时风势渐渐转为南风，[qh]

I concluded also that if any of our vessels were in chase of me, they also would now give over;[qh]

我估计即使他们派船来追我．这时也该罢休了。[qh]

so I ventured to make to the coast, and came to an anchor in the mouth of a little river,[qh]

于是我就大胆驶向海岸，在一条小河的河口下了锚。[qh]

I knew not what, nor where, neither what latitude, what country, what nation, or what river.[qh]

我不知道这儿是什么地方，在什么纬度，什么国家，什么民族，什么河流。[qh]

I neither saw, nor desired to see any people; the principal thing I wanted was fresh water.[qh]

四周看不到一个人，我也不希望看到任何人。我现在所需要的只是淡水。[qh]

We came into this creek in the evening, resolving to swim on shore as soon as it was dark, and discover the country;[qh]

我们在傍晚驶进了小河口，决定一等天黑就游到岸上去，摸一下岸上的情况。[qh]

but as soon as it was quite dark, we heard such dreadful noises of the barking, roaring, and howling of wild creatures,[qh]

但一到天黑，我们就听到各种野兽狂吠咆哮，怒吼呼啸，[qh]

of we knew not what kinds, that the poor boy was ready to die with fear, and begged of me not to go on shore till day.[qh]

不知道那是些什么野兽，真是可怕极了！这可把那可怜的孩子吓得魂飞魄散，哀求我等天亮后再上岸。[qh]

Well, Xury, said I, then I wont; but it may be that we may see men by day, who will be as bad to us as those lions.[qh]

我说，"好吧，佐立，我不去就是了。不过，说不定白天会碰见人。他们对我们也许像狮子一样凶呢！"[qh]