战舰波将金号敖德萨阶梯
战舰波将金号敖德萨阶梯
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战舰波将金号敖德萨阶梯 I thought, long before this, that as we came nearer to Europe weshould find the country better inhabited, and the people morecivilised; but I found myself mistaken in both: for we had yet thenation of the Tonguses to pass through, where we saw the sametokens of paganism and barbarity as before; only, as they wereconquered by the Muscovites, they were not so dangerous, but forrudeness of manners and idolatry no people in the world ever wentbeyond them. They are all clothed in skins of beasts, and theirhouses are built of the same; you know not a man from a woman,neither by the ruggedness of their countenances nor their clothes;and in the winter, when the ground is covered with snow, they liveunderground in vaults, which have cavities going from one toanother. If the Tartars had their Cham Chi-Thaungu for a wholevillage or country, these had idols in every hut and every cave.This country, I reckon, was, from the desert I spoke of last, atleast four hundred miles, half of it being another desert, whichtook
WIFE. - What say you O to Him for?战舰波将金号敖德萨阶梯 One thing, however, cannot be omitted, viz. that as for religion, Ido not know that there was anything of that kind among them; theyoften, indeed, put one another in mind that there was a God, by thevery common method of seamen, swearing by His name: nor were theirpoor ignorant savage wives much better for having been married toChristians, as we must call them; for as they knew very little ofGod themselves, so they were utterly incapable of entering into anydiscourse with their wives about a God, or to talk anything to themconcerning religion.
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heir goods in,and to eat and to drink in. And now the other two Englishmenremoved their habitation to the same place; and so the island wasdivided into three colonies, and no more - viz. the Spaniards, withold Friday and the first servants, at my habitation under the hill,which was, in a word, the capital city, and where they had soenlarged and extended their works, as well under as on the outsideof the hill, that they lived, though perfectly concealed, yet fullat large. Never was there such a little city in a wood, and sohid, in any part of the world; for I verify believe that a thousandmen might have ranged the island a month, and, if they had notknown there was such a thing, and looked on purpose for it, theywould not have found it. Indeed the trees stood so thick and soclose, and grew so fast woven one into another, that nothing butcutting them down first could discover the place, except the onlytwo narrow entrances where they went in and out could be found,which was not very easy; one of them was clos
In about five days' time the vagrants, tired with wandering, andalmost starved with hunger, having chiefly lived on turtles' eggsall that while, came back to the grove; and finding my Spaniard,who, as I have said, was the governor, and two more with him,walking by the side of the creek, they came up in a verysubmissive, humble manner, and begged to be received again into thesociety. The Spaniards used them civilly, but told them they hadacted so unnaturally to their countrymen, and so very grossly tothemselves, that they could not come to any conclusion withoutconsulting the two Englishmen and the rest; but, however, theywould go to them and discourse about it, and they should know inhalf-an-hour. It may be guessed that they were very hard put toit; for, as they were to wait this half-hour for an answer, theybegged they would send them out some bread in the meantime, whichthey did, sending at the same time a large piece of goat's fleshand a boiled parrot, which they ate very eagerly.
a considerabletime after.
hangone of the three for an example to the rest, and that particularlyit should be he that had twice attempted to commit murder with hishatchet; indeed, there was some reason to believe he had done it,for the poor savage was in such a miserable condition with thewound he had received that it was thought he could not live. Butthe governor Spaniard still said No; it was an Englishman that hadsaved all their lives, and he would never consent to put anEnglishman to death, though he had murdered half of them; nay, hesaid if he had been killed himself by an Englishman, and had timeleft to speak, it should be that they should pardon him.
To their slaves they did not give either musket or fusee; but theyhad each a halberd, or a long staff, like a quarter-staff, with agreat spike of iron fastened into each end of it, and by his side ahatchet; also every one of our men had a hatchet. Two of the womencould not be prevailed upon but they would come into the fight, andthey had bows and arrows, which the Spaniards had taken from thesavages when the first action happened, which I have spoken of,where the Indians fought with one another; and the women hadhatchets too.
I confess I was struck with the thing itself, but much more withthe convincing arguments he supported it with; but I thought tohave got off my young priest by telling him that all that part wasdone when I was not there: and that they had lived so many yearswith them now, that if it was adultery, it was past remedy; nothingcould be done in it now.
W.A. - That's true, indeed; I will not laugh any more, my dear.
ertthese thirty-seven men to the faith of Jesus Christ, it is notworth my time, though I should never be fetched off the islandagain? - nay, is it not infinitely of more worth to save so manysouls than my life is, or the life of twenty more of the sameprofession? Yes, sir," says he, "I would give God thanks all mydays if I could be made the happy instrument of saving the souls ofthose poor men, though I were never to get my foot off this islandor see my native country any more. But since you will honour mewith putting me into this work, for which I will pray for you allthe days of my life, I have one humble petition to you besides." -"What is that?" said I. - "Why," says he, "it is, that you willleave your man Friday with me, to be my interpreter to them, and toassist me; for without some help I cannot speak to them, or they tome."
CHAPTER V - A GREAT VICTORY
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