Still we did not halt, though by this time we should have been glad enough to do so, for we knew that when once the sun was fully up it would be almost impossible for us to travel in it. At length, about six o'clock, we spied a little pile of rocks rising out of the plain, and to this we dragged ourselves. As luck would have it, here we found an overhanging slab of rock carpeted beneath with smooth sand, which afforded a most grateful shelter from the heat. Underneath this we crept, and having drank some water each and eaten a bit of biltong, we lay down and were soon sound asleep.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon before we woke (Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΄Π½ΠΈ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ), to find our three bearers preparing to return (ΠΈ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡ Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ° ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΡΡΡΡ /Π½Π°Π·Π°Π΄/; to prepare β Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π³ΠΎΡΠ°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ). They had already had enough of the desert (ΠΈΠΌ ΡΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ΅Π»Π° ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ½Ρ; enough β Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ), and no number of knives would have tempted them to come a step farther (ΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΉ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ±Π»Π°Π·Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ Π±Ρ ΠΈΡ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ Π΅ΡΠ΅ Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ ΡΠ°Π³ Π΄Π°Π»ΡΡΠ΅; to tempt β ΡΠΎΠ±Π»Π°Π·Π½ΡΡΡ, ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΠ°ΡΡ; ΡΠ³ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡ). So we had a hearty drink (ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΌΡ Π²Π²ΠΎΠ»Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»ΠΈ; hearty β ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΈΡΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΈΠΉ; /ΠΎ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ΅/ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ), and, having emptied our water-bottles (ΠΈ, ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠ² Π½Π°ΡΠΈ ΡΠ»ΡΠ³ΠΈ), filled them up again from the gourds they had brought with them (Π·Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎ Π½Π°ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΡ /Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ/ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΠΊΠ², ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ /Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ/ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ), and then watched them depart on their twenty miles' tramp home (ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΌΡ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ Π΄Π²Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠΉ; tramp β Π±ΡΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ³Π°; Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ).
knives [naIvz], empty ['emptI], depart [di:'pQ:t]
It was three o'clock in the afternoon before we woke, to find our three bearers preparing to return. They had already had enough of the desert, and no number of knives would have tempted them to come a step farther. So we had a hearty drink, and, having emptied our water-bottles, filled them up again from the gourds they had brought with them, and then watched them depart on their twenty miles' tramp home.
At half-past four we also started on (Π² ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π΅ ΠΏΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΡ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΏΡΡΡ). It was lonely and desolate work (ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅; desolate β ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈ; Π±Π΅Π·ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΡΠΉ; work β ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°, ΡΡΡΠ΄; Π·Π°Π½ΡΡΠΈΠ΅, Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ), for, with the exception of a few ostriches, there was not a single living creature to be seen on all the vast expanse of sandy plain (ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΡΡΠΎ, Π·Π° ΠΈΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎΠ², Π½ΠΈ Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΡΡΠΈ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ Π½Π° ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠ²Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΠ½Ρ; creature β ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ, ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅). It was evidently too dry for game (Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ, ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ, Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΡ ΠΎ Π΄Π»Ρ Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈ = Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π΄ΠΈΡΡ), and, with the exception of a deadly looking cobra or two, we saw no reptiles (ΠΈ, Π·Π° ΠΈΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ±Ρ, Π²ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅Π²ΡΠΈΡ Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΌΠ° ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠ½ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ, ΠΌΡ Π½Π΅ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈ /Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅/ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠΌΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΡ; deadly β ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; reptile β ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠΌΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π΅ΡΡ, ΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡ).
lonely ['lqunlI], desolate ['desqlIt], creature ['kri:Cq], cobra ['kqubrq], reptile ['reptaIl]
At halfβpast four we also started on. It was lonely and desolate work, for, with the exception of a few ostriches, there was not a single living creature to be seen on all the vast expanse of sandy plain. It was evidently too dry for game, and, with the exception of a deadly looking cobra or two, we saw no reptiles.
One insect, however, was abundant, and that was the common or house fly (ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ΅, ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎ, Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΎΡΡ Π² ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅, ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΌΡΡ Π°; house fly β ΠΌΡΡ Π° ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ: Β«Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΡΒ»; abundant β ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ). There they came, "not as single spies, but in battalions," as I think the Old Testament says somewhere (ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΌ "Π½Π΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π»Π°Π·ΡΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ, Π° ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ Π±Π°ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠΎΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈ", ΡΠ°ΠΊ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΡ, ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΠΎ Π³Π΄Π΅-ΡΠΎ Π² ΠΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΎΠΌ ΠΠ°Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅; spy β ΡΠΏΠΈΠΎΠ½, ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ Π°Π³Π΅Π½Ρ). He is an extraordinary animal, is the house fly (ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ΅, ΡΡΠ° ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΌΡΡ Π°; animal β ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅, Π·Π²Π΅ΡΡ). Go where you will you find him (ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠΉΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΡΠ΄Π° ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π»Π°Π΅ΡΠ΅, ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΌ Π²Ρ Π΅Π΅ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠ΅), and so it must always have been (ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊ, Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΡΡ, Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅Π³Π΄Π°). I have seen him enclosed in amber which must, I was told, have been half a million years old (Ρ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» Π΅Π΅ Π·Π°ΡΡΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π² ΡΠ½ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠ½Π΅ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΈ, Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ, Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΌΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π° Π»Π΅Ρ; to enclose β ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ; Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ), looking exactly like his descendant of today (ΠΈ Π²ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π° ΠΎΠ½Π° ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΆΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΠΊΠΈ), and I have little doubt that when the last man lies dying on the earth (ΠΈ Ρ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π²Π°ΡΡΡ: Β«Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π² ΡΠΎΠΌΒ», ΡΡΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ Π±ΡΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ, ΡΠΌΠΈΡΠ°Ρ, Π½Π° Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅) he will be buzzing round (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΠΆΡΠΆΠΆΠ°ΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠ³; buzz β ΠΆΡΠΆΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅/ΠΎΡΠ·Π²ΡΠΊΠ°, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π»Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠΎΠΌΡΠΌΠΈ/; to buzz β Π³ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ, ΠΆΡΠΆΠΆΠ°ΡΡ; Π»Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π·Π²ΡΠΊ) β if that event should happen to occur in summer (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎ /ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΠ΅/ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΡΠΌΠ΅Ρ Π΄Π° ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡ Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ; to happen β ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ; /ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΠΎ/ ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ; to occur β ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ, ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ) β watching for an opportunity to settle on his nose (Π²ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ΄ΡΠ²Π°Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π΅ΠΌΠ»ΠΈΡΡΡΡ Π΅ΠΌΡ Π½Π° Π½ΠΎΡ; to settle β ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΡΡΡΡ, Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΡΡ; ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ, ΡΡΡΡΠ°ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ).
insect ['Insekt], abundant [q'bAnd(q)nt], housefly ['hausflaI], battalion [bq'txljqn], enclosed [In'klquzd], amber ['xmbq], descendant [dI'sendqnt], buzz [bAz]
One insect, however, was abundant, and that was the common or house fly. There they came, "not as single spies, but in battalions," as I think the Old Testament says somewhere. He is an extraordinary animal, is the house fly. Go where you will you find him, and so it must always have been. I have seen him enclosed in amber which must, I was told, have been half a million years old, looking exactly like his descendant of today, and I have little doubt that when the last man lies dying on the earth he will be buzzing round β if that event should happen to occur in summer β watching for an opportunity to settle on his nose.
At sunset we halted, waiting for the moon to rise (Π½Π° Π·Π°ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΡ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ, ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ΄Π°Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π²Π·ΠΎΠΉΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π»ΡΠ½Π°). At ten she came up beautiful and serene as ever (Π² Π΄Π΅ΡΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²Π·ΠΎΡΠ»Π°, ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½Π°Ρ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²ΡΠ΅Π³Π΄Π°; serene β ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π±Π΅Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ), and, with one halt about two o'clock in the morning, we trudged wearily on through the night (ΠΈ, Ρ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ² Π½ΠΎΡΠΈ: Β«ΡΡΡΠ°Β», ΠΌΡ ΡΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Π²ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΡΡ /Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ/; to trudge β ΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΈ Ρ ΡΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ, ΡΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡΡΡ; wearily β ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΡΠΊΡΡΠ½ΠΎ; ΡΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ; through β Π·Π΄. ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π½Π° Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ: Π½Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ/Π²ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΡΡΠΊΠ° Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ/), till at last the welcome sun put a period to our labors (Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°, Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ, Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΠ΅ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΌΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌ: Β«ΡΡΡΠ΄Π°ΠΌΒ»; period β ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΎΠ΄, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΡΡΠΎΠΊ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ; ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ; to put a period to smth. β ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠΊΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ). We drank a little and flung ourselves down, thoroughly tired out, on the sand (ΠΌΡ Π²ΡΠΏΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ /Π²ΠΎΠ΄Ρ/ ΠΈ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠΎΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠ΅, Π½Π° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΊ), and were soon all asleep (ΠΈ Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅ ΠΌΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈ). There was no need to set a watch (Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π²ΡΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΠ»; watch β ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π½Π°Π±Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΠ», /Π½ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ/ Π΄ΠΎΠ·ΠΎΡ), for we had nothing to fear from anybody or anything in that vast, untenanted plain (ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π°ΠΌ Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±ΠΎΡΡΡΡΡ Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΠ½Π΅; tenant β Π²Π»Π°Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Ρ/Π½Π΅Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΈ/; ΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ; to tenant β Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡ, Π°ΡΠ΅Π½Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ; ΠΆΠΈΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ). Our only enemies were heat, thirst, and flies (Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π²ΡΠ°Π³Π°ΠΌΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ°, ΠΆΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π° ΠΈ ΠΌΡΡ ΠΈ), but far rather would I have faced any danger from man or beast than that awful trinity (Π½ΠΎ Ρ ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅Π΅ Π±Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³Π»Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΡΡΡ Π»ΠΈΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΊ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Ρ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ, ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π·Π²Π΅ΡΡ, ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉ; trinity β ΡΡΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ, ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π΅ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ).
halt [hO:lt], serene [sI'ri:n], trudge [trAdZ], thoroughly ['TArqlI], trinity ['trInItI]
At sunset we halted, waiting for the moon to rise. At ten she came up beautiful and serene as ever, and, with one halt about two o'clock in the morning, we trudged wearily on through the night, till at last the welcome sun put a period to our labors. We drank a little and flung ourselves down, thoroughly tired out, on the sand, and were soon all asleep. There was no need to set a watch, for we had nothing to fear from anybody or anything in that vast, untenanted plain. Our only enemies were heat, thirst, and flies, but far rather would I have faced any danger from man or beast than that awful trinity.