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I was nothing near so anxious about my own danger,[qh]
当时，我只想到火药，而没有想到火药一旦爆炸自己也就完了。[qh]
though, had the powder took fire, I should never have known who had hurt me.[qh]
假如真的火药爆炸，我自己都不知道死在谁的手里呢。[qh]
Such impression did this make upon me, that after the storm was over I laid aside all my works,[qh]
这场暴风雨使我心有余悸。因此，我把所有其他工作，[qh]
my building and fortifying, and applied myself to make bags and boxes, to separate the powder,[qh]
包括搭帐篷、筑篱笆等都先丢在一边。等雨一停，我立刻着手做一些小袋子和匣子，[qh]
and to keep it a little and a little in a parcel, in the hope that,[qh]
把火药分成许许多多小包。[qh]
whatever might come, it might not all take fire at once; and to keep it so apart that it should not be possible to make one part fire another.[qh]
这样，万一发生什么情况，也不致全部炸毁。我把一包包的火药分开贮藏起来，免得一包着火危及另一包。[qh]
I finished this work in about a fortnight;[qh]
这件工作我足足费了两个星期的时间。[qh]
and I think my powder, which in all was about two hundred and forty pounds weight, was divided in not less than a hundred parcels.[qh]
火药大约有二百四十磅，我把它们分成一百多包。[qh]
As to the barrel that had been wet, I did not apprehend any danger from that;[qh]
至于那桶受潮的火药，我倒并不担心会发生什么危险，[qh]
so I placed it in my new cave, which, in my fancy, I called my kitchen;[qh]
所以我就把它放到新开的山洞里；我把这山洞戏称为我的厨房，[qh]
and the rest I hid up and down in holes among the rocks, so that no wet might come to it, marking very carefully where I laid it.[qh]
其余的火药我都藏在石头缝里，以免受潮，并在储藏的地方小心地作上记号。[qh]
In the interval of time while this was doing, I went out once at least every day with my gun,[qh]
在包装和储藏火药的两星期中，我至少每天带枪出门一次。[qh]
as well to divert myself as to see if I could kill anything fit for food;[qh]
这样做可以达到三个目的：一来可以散散心；二来可以猎获点什么东西吃；[qh]
and, as near as I could, to acquaint myself with what the island produced.[qh]
三来也可以了解一下岛上的物产。[qh]
The first time I went out, I presently discovered that there were goats in the island, which was a great satisfaction to me;[qh]
第一次外出，我便发现岛上有不少山羊，使我十分满意。[qh]
but then it was attended with this misfortune to me - viz. that they were so shy, so subtle, and so swift of foot,[qh]
可我也发现这于我来说并非是件大好事。因为这些山羊胆小而又狡猾，而且跑得飞快，[qh]
that it was the most difficult thing in the world to come at them;[qh]
实在很难靠近他们。[qh]
but I was not discouraged at this, not doubting but I might now and then shoot one, as it soon happened;[qh]
但我并不灰心，我相信总有办法打到一只的。不久我真的打死了一只。[qh]
for after I had found their haunts a little, I laid wait in this manner for them:[qh]
我首先发现了山羊经常出没之地，就采用打埋伏的办法来获取我的猎物。[qh]
I observed if they saw me in the valleys, though they were upon the rocks, they would run away, as in a terrible fright;[qh]
我注意到，如果我在山谷里，那怕它们在山岩上，它们也准会惊恐地逃窜；[qh]
but if they were feeding in the valleys, and I was upon the rocks, they took no notice of me;[qh]
但若它们在山谷里吃草，而我站在山岩上，它们就不会注意到我。[qh]
from whence I concluded that, by the position of their optics,[qh]
我想，这是由于小羊眼睛生的部位，[qh]
their sight was so directed downward that they did not readily see objects that were above them;[qh]
使它们只能向下看，而不容易看到上面的东西吧。[qh]
so afterwards I took this method - I always climbed the rocks first, to get above them, and then had frequently a fair mark.[qh]
因此，我就先爬到山上，从上面打下去，往往很容易打中。[qh]
