Dreadful stories they were; about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.

• 那些故事让人听了毛骨悚然，净是些绞刑、走独木板、海上的风暴、干托图加群岛、加勒比海一带的不毛之地以及在那里干下的野蛮行径。