They are often seen singly, or two or three together, far out at sea. Their cry or bark is like the inarticulate human voice; and when all is clear and calm, and no object can be seen around the horizon, it will sometimes startle and appal one, sounding as it does, from the surface of the ocean, like the cry of a man in distress. Near the penguin quarter of this island were thousands of ducks sitting upon their eggs, which sailors and passengers destroyed with remorseless cruelty, shooting and knocking down the birds by hundreds in barbarous sport……
他們經(jīng)常單獨,或兩三個在遠離海洋的地方一起活動。哭叫聲或尖叫聲就像人類口齒不清時發(fā)出的聲音;當一切風平浪靜時，在地平線上看不見任何一個物體,它有時會被驚嚇到,就像它們發(fā)出的聲音聽起來那個樣子,從海面上傳來了一聲像一個痛苦的男人哭的聲音。這個島的角落處靠近企鵝地方有成千上萬的鴨子正坐在他們的鴨蛋上，那里已經(jīng)被水手和乘客無情而又殘酷地摧毀著,以一種野蠻的運動方式射擊和擊倒數(shù)百種鳥類……
A month from the Falkland Islands, and this is the first day of smooth sea and warm sun we have enjoyed during all that time! Long and cold have been the days we have spent battling with the rough winds and mountainous seas off Cape Horn. Between south-west and south-east gales on the one side of the Cape, and north-west on the other, our course has been zig-zag and slow. Happily we have escaped injury, except the loss of a jib-boom, and our ship remains tight in spite of all the straining.
從福克蘭群島來到這兒一個月的時間內(nèi),在這兒這么長的時間內(nèi)這是第一天我們可以享受平靜的大海和溫暖的陽光!在這漫長而寒冷天氣中，我們花了很長一段時間與合恩角外狂風和這窮山僻壤做斗爭。一邊起著西南和東南大風,一邊起著西北大風,另一方面,所以我們的進程顯得迂回曲折而又緩慢。幸福的是我們沒有受傷,除了損失了一部起重機懸臂,盡管所有緊張的壓迫向我們襲來，我們的船依然緊密地聯(lián)系在一起,。
We congratulate ourselves on having weathered the Cape in less time than it often takes, though it was more than is sometimes the fortune of the Cape Hern navigator. One of our seamen had twice before tried the passage, but without success; and after fifty-four days of most fatiguing warfare with contrary winds, his brig opened at the bow, and the crew were compelled to put about and run for Rio Janeiro, where the damaged vessel and cargo were sold for the benefit of the underwriters, and the voyage was abandoned.
我們慶祝我們自己在這風化海角度過了比通常更短的時間，盡管這段風化時間比風華角可以航行的的時間要多。我們中的一個水手以前兩次試著通過這條通道，但都沒有成功；在經(jīng)歷了與風逆戰(zhàn)的54天后，他的禁閉室的門開向拱橋處，并且這組船員不得不放棄現(xiàn)在這條路線追隨瑞歐.加納歐，在這里，為了承銷商的利益，他們把損壞的船舶和貨物都賣了，并且放棄了這條航線。
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