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I got it down to my raft, whole as it was, without losing time to look into it,[qh]
我把箱子放到木排上，不想花时间去打开看一下，[qh]
for I knew in general what it contained.[qh]
因为里面装些什么工具我心里大致有数。[qh]
My next care was for some ammunition and arms.[qh]
其次，我必须搞到枪枝和弹药。[qh]
There were two very good fowling-pieces in the great cabin, and two pistols.[qh]
大舱里原来存放着两支很好的鸟枪和两支手枪，[qh]
These I secured first, with some powder-horns and a small bag of shot, and two old rusty swords.[qh]
我都拿了来，又拿了几只装火药的角筒，一小包子弹和两把生锈的旧刀。[qh]
I knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship,[qh]
我知道船上还有三桶火药，[qh]
but knew not where our gunner had stowed them; but with much search I found them,[qh]
只是不知道炮手们把它们放在什么地方了。我找了半天，终于找到了。[qh]
two of them dry and good, the third had taken water.[qh]
有两桶仍干燥可用，另一桶已浸水了。[qh]
Those two I got to my raft with the arms.[qh]
我就把两桶干燥的火药连同枪支一起放到木排上。[qh]
And now I thought myself pretty well freighted,[qh]
这时我发现木排上装的东西已不少了，[qh]
and began to think how I should get to shore with them, having neither sail, oar, nor rudder;[qh]
就开始动脑筋如何运上岸，因为一没帆、二没桨、三没舵，[qh]
and the least capful of wind would have overset all my navigation.[qh]
只要有点风，就会把木排打翻在海里。[qh]
I had three encouragements - 1st, a smooth, calm sea; 2ndly, the tide rising, and setting in to the shore;[qh]
当时，有三点情况令人鼓舞：第一，海面平静如镜；第二，时值涨潮，海水正向岸上冲；[qh]
3rdly, what little wind there was blew me towards the land.[qh]
第三，虽有微风，却也吹向岸上。[qh]
And thus, having found two or three broken oars belonging to the boat - and, besides the tools which were in the chest,[qh]
我找到了原来小艇上用的三支断桨；此外，除了工具箱中的那些工具外，[qh]
I found two saws, an axe, and a hammer;[qh]
另外还找出了两把锯子，一把斧头和一只头。[qh]
with this cargo I put to sea.[qh]
货物装载完毕，我就驾起木排向岸上进发。[qh]
For a mile or thereabouts my raft went very well, only that I found it drive a little distant from the place where I had landed before;[qh]
最初一海里，木排行驶相当稳当，但却稍稍偏离了我昨天登陆的地方。[qh]
by which I perceived that there was some indraft of the water, and consequently I hoped to find some creek or river there,[qh]
至此，我发现，原来这一带的水流直向岸边一个方向流去。因此，我想附近可能会有一条小溪或小河，[qh]
which I might make use of as a port to get to land with my cargo.[qh]
果真如此的话，我就可驾木排进入港口卸货了。[qh]
As I imagined, so it was.[qh]
果然不出所料，[qh]
There appeared before me a little opening of the land, and I found a strong current of the tide set into it;[qh]
不久我就看到了一个小湾，潮水正直往里涌。[qh]
so I guided my raft as well as I could, to keep in the middle of the stream.[qh]
于是我驾着木排，尽可能向急流的中心飘去。[qh]
