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They were about to proceed against him as a sorcerer, when the dervish with great calmness thus addressed the court:
于是，這兩個(gè)商人準(zhǔn)備以施巫術(shù)為罪名起訴他，但是僧侶在法庭上表現(xiàn)得特別冷靜。
—"I have been much amused with your surprise, and own that there has been some ground for your suspicions;
他說(shuō)：“我被你們這么驚訝給逗樂(lè)了，當(dāng)然，你們的懷疑也有點(diǎn)道理。
but I have lived long and alone, and I can find ample scope for observation even in a desert.
不過(guò)，我已經(jīng)一個(gè)人生活了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，即使在沙漠里，我也能仔細(xì)觀察出許多蛛絲馬跡。
I knew that I had crossed the track of a camel that had strayed from its owner,
我知道我曾經(jīng)經(jīng)過(guò)了一頭駱駝留下的痕跡，而那頭駱駝跟主人分開(kāi)了，
because I saw no mark of any human footstep on the same route.
原因是我沒(méi)在同樣的路線(xiàn)上發(fā)現(xiàn)人類(lèi)的腳印或類(lèi)似的痕跡。
I knew that the animal was blind of an eye, because it had cropped the herbage only on one side of its path;
我知道它瞎了一只眼睛，因?yàn)樗怀月愤呉粋?cè)的植物。
and that it was lame in one leg, from the faint impression which that particular foot had produced upon the sand.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)它跛一只腳，是因?yàn)樵谏车厣虾苋菀妆嬲J(rèn)出一邊腳有點(diǎn)虛弱的痕跡。
I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, whe上rever it had grazed,
我推斷出這頭動(dòng)物少了一顆牙齒，是因?yàn)椴还芩裁礀|西，
a small tuft of herbage had been left uninjured in the centre of its bite.
葉子中間總有一小片留在被它咬過(guò)的枝頭上。
As to that which formed the burthen of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the one side;
至于我怎么樣看出來(lái)它馱了什么，是因?yàn)榈厣戏泵Φ奈浵伕嬖V我一邊是谷物，
and the clustering flies, that it was honey on the other."
而成群飛來(lái)的蒼蠅則證明另一邊是蜂蜜。”
—Colton
—科爾頓
