Robison Crusoe 鲁宾逊漂流记 Chapter 6-ILL AND CONSCIENCE

I came down to the ship I found it strangely removed. The forecastle, which lay before buried in sand, was heaved up at least six feet, and the stern, which was broke in pieces and parted from the rest by the force of the sea, soon after I had left rummaging ¹ her, was tossed as it were up, and cast on one side; and the sand was thrown so high on that side next her stern, that whereas there was a great place of water before, so that I could not come within a quarter of a mile of the wreck ² without swimming I could now walk quite up to her when the tide was out. I was surprised with this at first, but soon concluded it must be done by the earthquake; and as by this violence the ship was more broke open than formerly ³, so many things came daily on shore, which the sea had loosened, and which the winds and water rolled by degrees to the land., ,This wholly diverted my thoughts from the design of removing my habitation, and I busied myself mightily ⁴, that day especially, in searching whether I could make any way into the ship; but I found nothing was to be expected of that kind, for all the inside of the ship was choked up with sand. However, as I had learned not to despair of anything, I resolved to pull everything to pieces that I could of the ship, concluding that everything I could get from her would be of some use or other to me., ,MAY 3. -I began with my saw, and cut a piece of a beam through, which I thought held some of the upper part or quarter-deck together, and when I had cut it through, I cleared away the sand as well as I could from the side which lay highest; but the tide coming in, I was obliged to give over for that time., , ,MAY 5. -Worked on the wreck; cut another beam asunder ⁵, and brought three great fir planks ⁷ off from the decks, which I tied together, and made to float on shore when the tide of flood came on., ,MAY 6. -Worked on the wreck; got several iron bolts out of her and other pieces of ironwork. Worked very hard, and came home very much tired, and had thoughts of giving it over., ,Who's been rummaging through my papers? 谁乱翻我的文件来着？,Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。