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1、BENITOCERENObyHermanMelvilleINTHEyear1799,CaptainAmasaDelano,ofDuxbury,inMassachusetts,commandingalargesealerandgeneraltrader,layatanchor,withavaluablecargo,intheharbourofSt.Maria-asmall,desert,uninhabitedislandtowardsthesouthernextremityofthelongcoastofCh
2、ili.Therehehadtouchedforwater.Onthesecondday,notlongafterdawn,whilelyinginhisberth,hismatecamebelow,informinghimthatastrangesailwascomingintothebay.Shipswerethennotsoplentyinthosewatersasnow.Herose,dressed,andwentondeck.Themorningwasonepeculiartothatcoast.
3、Everythingwasmuteandcalm;everythinggrey.Thesea,thoughundulatedintolongroodsofswells,seemedfixed,andwassleekedatthesurfacelikewavedleadthathascooledandsetinthesmelter'smould.Theskyseemedagreymantle.Flightsoftroubledgreyfowl,kithandkinwithflightsoftroubledgr
4、eyvapoursamongwhichtheyweremixed,skimmedlowandfitfullyoverthewaters,asswallowsovermeadowsbeforestorms.Shadowspresent,foreshadowingdeepershadowstocome.ToCaptainDelano'ssurprise,thestranger,viewedthroughtheglass,showednocolours;thoughtodosouponenteringahaven
5、,howeveruninhabitedinitsshores,wherebutasingleothershipmightbelying,wasthecustomamongpeacefulseamenofallnations.Consideringthelawlessnessandlonelinessofthespot,andthesortofstories,atthatday,associatedwiththoseseas,CaptainDelano'ssurprisemighthavedeepenedin
6、tosomeuneasinesshadhenotbeenapersonofasingularlyundistrustfulgoodnature,notliable,exceptonextraordinaryandrepeatedexcitement,andhardlythen,toindulgeinpersonalalarms,anywayinvolvingtheimputationofmalignevilinman.Whether,inviewofwhathumanityiscapable,suchatr
7、aitimplies,alongwithabenevolentheart,morethanordinaryquicknessandaccuracyofintellectualperception,maybelefttothewisetodetermine.Butwhatevermisgivingsmighthaveobtrudedonfirstseeingthestrangerwouldalmost,inanyseaman'smind,havebeendissipatedbyobservingthatthe
8、ship,innavigatingintotheharbour,wasdrawingtooneartheland,forherownsafety'ssake,owingtoasunkenreefmakingoutoffherbow.Thisseemedtoproveherastranger,indeed,notonlytothesealer,buttheisland;consequently,shecouldbe
