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But to return to my Journal.[qh]
现在，让我重新回到日记上来吧。[qh]
June 28.Having been somewhat refreshed with the Sleep I had had,and the Fit being entirely off,I got up;[qh]
六月二十八日睡了一夜，精神好多了，寒热也完全退了，我就起床了。[qh]
and tho'the Fright and Terror of my Dream was very great,yet I considered,that the Fit of the Ague would return again the next Day,[qh]
尽管恶梦之后，心有余悸，但我考虑到疟疾明天可能会再次发作，[qh]
and now was my Time to get something to refresh and support myself when I should be ill;[qh]
还不如趁此准备些东西，在我发病时可吃喝。[qh]
and the first Thing I did,I filled a large square Case Bottle with Water,and set it upon my Table,in Reach of my Bed;[qh]
我先把一个大方瓶装满了水，放在床边的桌子上，[qh]
and to take off the chill or aguish Disposition of the Water,I put about a Quarter of a Pint of Rum into it,and mixed them together;[qh]
为了减少水的寒性，又倒了四分之一公升的甘蔗酒在里面，把酒和水掺合起来。[qh]
then I got me a Piece of the Goat's Flesh,and broiled it on the Coals,but could eat very little;[qh]
然后，又取了一块羊肉，放在火上烤熟，但却吃不了多少。[qh]
I walked about,but was very weak,and withal very sad and heavy-hearted in the Sense of my miserable Condition;[qh]
我又四处走动了一下，可是一点力气也没有。想到我当前可悲的处境，[qh]
dreading the Return of my Distemper the next Day;[qh]
又担心明天要发病，心里非常苦闷，非常沉重。[qh]
at Night I made my Supper of three of the Turtle's Eggs,which I roasted in the Ashes,and eat,as we call it,in the Shell;[qh]
晚上，我在火灰里烤了三个鳖蛋，剥开蛋壳吃了，算是晚饭。[qh]
and this was the first Bit of Meat I had ever asked God's Blessing to,even as I could remember,in my whole Life.[qh]
就我记忆所及，我一生中第一次在吃饭时做祷告，祈求上帝的赐福。[qh]
After I had eaten,I tried to walk,but found myself so weak,that I could hardly carry the Gun,(for I never went out without that)[qh]
吃过晚饭，我想外出走走，可是周身无力，几乎连枪都拿不动（因为我从来外出都要带枪）。[qh]
so I went but a little Way,and sat down upon the Ground,looking out upon the Sea,[qh]
所以我只走了几步，就坐在地上，眺望着面前的海面。[qh]
which was just before me,and very calm and smooth:As I sat here,some such Thoughts as these occurred to me.[qh]
这时，海上风平浪静。我坐在那里，心潮起伏，思绪万千。[qh]
What is this Earth and Sea of which I have seen so much,whence is it produced,[qh]
这大地和大海，尽管我天天看到，可到底是什么呢？它们又来自何方？[qh]
and what am I,and all the other Creatures,wild and tame,humane and brutal,whence are we?[qh]
我和其他一切生灵，野生的和驯养的，人类和野兽，究竟是些什么？又都来自何方？[qh]
Sure we are all made by some secret Power,who formed the Earth and Sea,the Air and Sky;and who is that?[qh]
毫无疑问，我们都是被一种隐秘的力量创造出来的；也正是这种力量创造了陆地、大海和天空。但这种力量又是什么呢？[qh]
Then it followed most naturally,It is God that has made it all:[qh]
显然，最合理的答案是上帝创造了这一切。[qh]
Well,but then it came on strangely,if God has made all these Things,He guides and governs them all,and all Things that concern them;[qh]
继而，就可得出一个非同寻常的结论：既然上帝创造了这一切，就必然能引导和支配这一切以及一切与之有关的东西。[qh]
for the Power that could make all Things,must certainly have Power to guide and direct them.[qh]
能创造万物的力量，当然也能引导和支配万物。[qh]
If so,nothing can happen in the great Circuit of his Works,either without his Knowledge or Appointment.[qh]
既然如此，那么在上帝创造的世界里，无论发生什么事，上帝不可能不知道，甚至就是上帝自己的安排。[qh]
