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顶端嵌着石头的木棒、敏捷的行动和有毒的木刺。你从这些东西里能

得到什么结论呢？”

"A savage!" I exclaimed. "Perhaps one of those Indians
who were the associates of Jonathan Small."

“一个野人！”我喊道，“也许是斯莫尔的印度同伙中的一个。”

"Hardly that," said he. "When first I saw signs of strange
weapons I was inclined to think so, but the remarkable
character of the footmarks caused me to reconsider my

views. Some of the inhabitants of the Indian Peninsula are
small men, but none could have left such marks as that. The
Hindoo proper has long and thin feet. The sandal-wearing

Mohammedan has the great toe well separated from the
others because the thong is commonly passed between.
These little darts, too, could only be shot in one way. They
are from a blow-pipe. Now, then, where are we to find our
savage?"

“这不太可能，”他说，“当我第一次看到那个奇怪的武器时，我
也这样想过，但那奇特的脚印让我开始考虑别的可能了。印度半岛的

居民有些是矮小的，可是并没有谁能留下这样的脚印。印度土著的脚
应该是狭长的。穿凉鞋的回教人的大脚趾和其他脚趾是分开的，因为

鞋带通常从中穿过。还有，这些木刺只可能是用一种方式射出来的。
就是从吹管里吹出来。现在，我们该去哪儿找我们的野人呢？”

"South America," I hazarded.

“南美洲。”我猜道。

He stretched his hand up and took down a bulky volume

from the shelf.

他伸出胳膊，从书架上取出了一本厚厚的书。

"This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now

being published. It may be looked upon as the very latest
authority. What have we here?"