偷心者的主演介绍

《 偷心者的主演介绍》

　　But now they were in a new danger; for they were afraid of eatingtoo much, even of that little we gave them. The mate, orcommander, brought six men with him in his boat; but these poorwretches looked like skeletons, and were so weak that they couldhardly sit to their oars. The mate himself was very ill, and halfstarved; for he declared he had reserved nothing from the men, andwent share and share alike with them in every bit they ate. Icautioned him to eat sparingly, and set meat before himimmediately, but he had not eaten three mouthfuls before he beganto be sick and out of order; so he stopped a while, and our surgeonmixed him up something with some broth, which he said would be tohim both food and physic; and after he had taken it he grew better.In the meantime I forgot not the men. I ordered victuals to begiven them, and the poor creatures rather devoured than ate it:they were so exceedingly hungry that they were in a mannerravenous, and had no command of themselves; and two of them atewith so much

s no comparison.They had, indeed, both of them as much ground laid out for corn asthey wanted, and the reason was, because, according to my rule,nature dictated that it was to no purpose to sow more corn thanthey wanted; but the difference of the cultivation, of theplanting, of the fences, and indeed, of everything else, was easyto be seen at first view.

　　The belief that the savages were all killed made our two men comeboldly out from the tree before they had charged their guns, whichwas a wrong step; and they were under some surprise when they cameto the place, and found no less than four of them alive, and ofthem two very little hurt, and one not at all. This obliged themto fall upon them with the stocks of their muskets; and first theymade sure of the runaway savage, that had been the cause of all themischief, and of another that was hurt in the knee, and put themout of their pain; then the man that was not hurt at all came andkneeled down to them, with his two hands held up, and made piteousmoans to them, by gestures and signs, for his life, but could notsay one word to them that they could understand. However, theymade signs to him to sit down at the foot of a tree hard by; andone of the Englishmen, with a piece of rope-yarn, which he had bygreat chance in his pocket, tied his two hands behind him, andthere they left him; and with what speed they coul