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have failed to win them over in any degree. They have
always been a terror to shipwrecked crews, braining the

survivors with their stone-headed clubs or shooting them
with their poisoned arrows. These massacres are invariably
concluded by a cannibal feast.

“他们天生丑陋，有着畸形的大头和小而凶狠的眼睛，五官扭曲。

他们的手脚小得出奇。由于他们实在太凶狠、太难对付，英国官员用
尽了所有方式，也没有使他们臣服。对于遭遇海难的水手们来说，他

们永远是一个祸害，往往用顶端镶着石头的木棒击碎他们的脑袋，或
用毒箭射死。他们的屠杀往往以人肉盛宴告终。

Nice, amiable people, Watson! If this fellow had been
left to his own unaided devices, this affair might have taken
an even more ghastly turn. I fancy that, even as it is,

Jonathan Small would give a good deal not to have
employed him."

真是可爱的人啊！沃森！如果这家伙没人管制的话，事情就越发

恐怖了。我猜想，就连乔纳森·斯莫尔雇用他，恐怕也是出于不得已
吧。”

"But how came he to have so singular a companion?"

“可他是怎么找到这样一个同谋的呢？”

"Ah, that is more than I can tell. Since, however, we had
already determined that Small had come from the

Andamans, it is not so very wonderful that this islander
should be with him. No doubt we shall know all about it in
time. Look here, Watson; you look regularly done. Lie down

there on the sofa and see if I can put you to sleep."

“啊，这我就不清楚了。可是，咱们既然知道斯莫尔是从安达曼群
岛来的，那这个土人和他在一起，也就没什么可稀奇的了。毫无疑

问，我们很快就要弄清楚所有的问题了。哦，沃森，你看起来疲惫极
了。躺下吧，让我的演奏伴你入睡。”