Лучшие романы Томаса Майна Рида / The Best of Thomas Mayne Reid. Майн Рид

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СКАЧАТЬ xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xlink:href="#n_254" type="note">[254] of their expedition.

      That their intentions are hostile, is to be inferred from the fact of their wearing the war costume. It is also apparent from their manner of making approach. Still further, by their dismounting at some distance from the hut, securing their horses in the underwood, and continuing their advance on foot.

      Their stealthy tread – taking care to plant the foot lightly upon the fallen leaves – the precaution to keep inside the shadow – the frequent pauses, spent in looking ahead and listening – the silent gestures with which these movements are directed by him who appears to be the leader – all proclaim design, to reach the jacalé unperceived by whoever may chance to be inside it.

      In this they are successful – so far as may be judged by appearances. They stand by the stockade walls, without any sign being given to show that they have been seen.

      The silence inside is complete, as that they are themselves observing. There is nothing heard – not so much as the screech of a hearth-cricket.

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      Примечания

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      Texas – a state in the South West of the USA (678,358 square kilometres); till 1836 Texas belonged to Mexico; after the independence from Mexico had been declared, the territory was included in the USA and became a state in 1845

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      savannah – a plain with grass and no trees

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      prairie – a level treeless land covered with grass

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      the Leona – the river in Texas, USA

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      serape – a bright, coloured Mexican shawl or plaid

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      cicada – a flying insect which produces a shrill sound in hot, dry weather

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      nimbus – a light or golden circle round the saint’s head; a rain cloud

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      azure – (poet.) bright blue (usually about the sky)

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      centaurean – from centaur – in Greek mythology, a strange creature, half man and half horse

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      San Antonio de Bejar – the city in south-central Texas; it was founded by the Spanish expedition from Mexico in 1718

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      Osnaburgh – a linen cloth of a certain trademark

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      Pittsburgh – the city in Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River; the first settlement was founded in 1758

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      Kentucky – the state in the south of the United States (104,664 square kilometres); it was admitted as the 15^th state in 1792

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      Jehu – the King of Israel (842–815 BC) who was a great chariot driver

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      Indianola – the city in central Iowa founded in 1849; there used to be a town of the same name in Texas

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      the Gulf of Matagorda – the Bay of Matagorda, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in southern Texas

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      en route – on the way to/from (French)

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      cortège – a procession (French)

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      nankin – a kind of rich cloth

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      A Leghorn hat is a hat made of straw imported from Livorno, a town in Italy

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      A Panama hat is a light hat made of plaited palm leaves; the name comes from Panama, a Spanish-speaking republic in Central America

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      entourage – people accompanying a respected or high-ranking person

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      carriole – a light, covered carriage drawn by one horse

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      a Jersey wagon – a light two-wheeled carriage

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