10 Another African Voyage

CHAPTER 10 Another African Voyage I boarded the ship on September 1, 1659, exactly eight years to the day since I had taken the first fateful voyage from Hull. I tried not to think about it, I didn't want to jinx my trip. The ship carried 120 tons of supplies, and fourteen men plus my captain, his servant, and me. We didn't have a lot of cargo on

第十章又一次非洲之旅1659年9月1日，我登上了这艘船，整整8年前，我从赫尔开始了第一次命运攸关的航行。 我试着不去想它，我不想搞砸我的旅行。 船上载着120吨给养，14个人，加上我的船长、他的仆人和我。 我们没有很多货物

board, just what we needed to trade with the Africans. When we set sail that day, the weather was wonderful. The sun shone brightly. The wind blew in exactly the right direction. We made our way north—meaning to sail for Africa when we reached ten or twelve degrees latitude. The violent storm hit after we had already been sailing for twelve days. We had to hold tight as it furiously tossed the ship this way and that. We lost three men during that hurricane. One died of pneumonia, and two others were washed right overboard. For two straight weeks the storm raged. We were terrified. After what felt like an eternity, the weather finally calmed. We were thrown well off course and the captain needed to figure out where we were. I spent hours in the captain's cabin with him trying to decide

木板，正是我们和非洲人交易所需要的。 那天我们启航时，天气很好。 太阳明亮地照耀着。风正好朝正确的方向吹。 当我们到达北纬十度或十二度时，我们向北航行，打算去非洲。 我们已经航行了十二天，暴风雨来了。 它猛烈地把船抛来抛去，我们必须紧紧抓住。 我们在那场飓风中失去了三个人。 其中一人死于肺炎，另外两人被直接从船上冲走。 暴风雨连续两周肆虐。 我们吓坏了。过了好久，天气终于平静下来了。 我们偏离了航线，船长需要弄清楚我们在哪里。 我和他一起在船长舱里呆了几个小时，试图作出决定

what to do; we poured over our maps, charts and diagrams. "Maybe we should make for home," the captain said after much careful thought. "But we're so far off course," I replied, "it might be safer to head for the Caribbean Islands. At least there we can refit the ship and maybe find a couple of sailors willing to join our crew." "That's true." He looked carefully at the papers on his table. "We could reach them in the next few weeks. I think you are right— that's our best plan." The captain informed the crew we were heading for the Caribbean, and we immediately changed our course. The ship was badly damaged and leaking heavily. Despite these problems, we were confident we could reach Barbados in about two weeks, give or take a day.

该做什么；我们翻看地图、图表和图表。 “也许我们该回家了，”船长仔细考虑后说。 “但是我们离航线太远了，”我回答，“也许往加勒比群岛去比较安全。 至少在那里我们可以把船改装一下，也许还能找到几个愿意加入我们的水手。” “这是真的。”他仔细地看了看桌上的文件。 “我们可以在接下来的几周内找到他们。 我想你是对的——这是我们最好的计划。” 船长通知船员，我们正驶向加勒比海，我们立即改变了航线。 这艘船受损严重，漏水严重。 尽管有这些问题，我们仍有信心在大约两周内到达巴巴多斯，前后相差一天。