Pluto-ma Nesia 13

PART THREE--My Shore Adventure
_MERO TRI - Mi viagia lo mari-margina



        13. How My Shore Adventure Began
        _13. U mode; per qi viagia lo mari-margina pa gene proto         

The appearance of the island when I came on deck next morning was altogether changed. Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand...
_U vista de nesia pa es ge-muta holo, kron mi ki a supra pedi-lo seqe matina. Plu polio dendro-fa face tegu de id facia. U-la iso kroma pa es ge-frakti per plu stria ex xanto arena.

The boats had to be got out and manned...
_Bi pusi navi pa nece gene prepara e plu homi.

The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work.
_U termo habe forti. Seqe-co panto ergo-pe dice sti-koleri kritici de ergo.

We brought up just where the anchor was in the chart, about a third of a mile from each shore, the mainland on one side and Skeleton Island on the other.
_Na ki exakti a lo; u signi es lo carta, proxi mo-su-tri milia* ab bi mari margina, u kontinenta a latu mo e nesia Skeleto a bi.
* U paleo unita de longi metri, 1.6 km.

If the conduct of the men had been alarming in the boat, it became truly threatening when they had come aboard.
_Si plu akti de plu ergo-pe pa habe sti-fobo in bi mikro navi, mu es veri sti-noku, po-kron mu ki re in mega navi.

We held a council in the cabin.
_Na habe monito-tem in navi-cefa kamera.

Returned the captain; "Let's allow the men an afternoon ashore. If they all go, why we'll fight the ship.
U navi cefa dice, "Na lase; panto ergo-pe ki a margina po meso-di. Si panto mu ki, na fu akti milita pro navi."

Loaded pistols were served out to all the sure men; Hunter, Joyce, and Redruth were taken into our confidence and received the news with less surprise and a better spirit than we had looked for, and then the captain went on deck and addressed the crew.
_Mu pa dona plu manu fusili a panto sura andro. Na este kredi de Hanta, Jois, Redrut. Mu reakti ad info ko mei mega subito e ma boni spiritu; de qi na pa este. Po-co u navi cefa ki a supra pedi-lo, e dice a panto mari-pe.

"My lads," said he, "we've had a hot day and are all tired and out of sorts... you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon."
An dice, "Panto boni-an, na pa habe termo di, e este fatiga e no-norma. Vi lice habe uti de bi mikro navi. Plus-co panto-pe; qi volu ki, lice ki a margina tem meso-di."

He whipped out of sight in a moment, leaving Silver to arrange the party...
_An pa ki subito tako ab vista, e lase; Silva sti ordina plu grega.

Six fellows were to stay on board, and the remaining thirteen, including Silver, began to embark.
_Sixa andro pa debi es in mega navi. 16 resta andro, klu Silva, proto ki in bi mikro navi.

Then it was that there came into my head the first of the mad notions that contributed so much to save our lives... It occurred to me at once to go ashore. In a jiffy I had slipped over the side and curled up in the fore-sheets of the nearest boat.
_Kron-la id proto este in kefa rabi idea mo la; qi dona auxi, tende tena imuni plu bio de na. Un idea es ki a margina minus atende. Mi ki tako trans latu, e tena kripti se in plu veli lo ante de maxi proxi navi.

The boat I was in... the bow had struck among the shore-side trees and I had caught a branch and swung myself out and plunged into the nearest thicket...
_Un ante de navi; in qi mi es, pa gene moti subito inter plu dendro lo margina. Mi pa gene rami per bi manu, e ki per oscila ex navi, e akti kripti de se in plu maxi proxi densi planta-fa.

I ran straight before my nose till I could run no longer.
_Mi pa ki per dromo rekti ante se, a-kron mi ne pote du ki.

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