英国语文第五册(双语):汉德森海湾(3)
The first fort established by the Company was near the head of James Bay.
这个公司建的第一家堡垒靠近詹姆斯海湾的前端。
Soon afterwards several others were built, in different parts of the country;
不久之后，在这个国家的不同地区许多堡垒被建立起来，
and before long the Company spread and grew wealthy, and eventually extended their trade far beyond the chartered limits.
不久，这家公司发展壮大积累了财富，最终扩展了它们的贸易范围，超越了特许经营的局限。
Imagine an immense extent of country, many hundred miles broad and many hundred miles long, covered with dense forests,
设想一个幅员辽阔的国家，上百英尺宽，上百英尺长，被浓密的森林覆盖，
expanded lakes, broad rivers, wide prairies, dreary swamps, and mighty mountains;
有延伸的湖泊，宽阔的河流，广袤的大平原，沉寂的沼泽和巍峨的山脉，
and all in a state of primeval simplicity—undefaced by the axe of civilized man,
这些所有的状态都处于原始的简单状态中——没有被文明人的斧子所伤害，
and untenanted by aught save a few roving hordes of Red Indians and myriads of wild animals.
没有被红印度河的流浪人及野生动物所占有。
Imagine amid this wilderness a number of small squares, each enclosing half-a-dozen wooden houses and about a dozen men,
设想在这个野生环境中许多方形广场，每个包围了6个木屋和大约6个人，
and between each of these establishments a space of forest varying from fifty to three hundred miles in length;
然后在每个建筑中森林的长度从50到300英尺不等，
and you will have a pretty correct idea of the Hudson Bay Territory, and of the number of its forts, and the distance between them.
你就会有清晰的概念到底哈德森海湾的领土有多大以及它的堡垒有多少，他们之间的距离有多远。
If Great Britain were converted into a wilderness and placed in the middle of Rupert's land,
如果英国被转移到这个宽阔的地方，并放置于鲁伯特陆地的中心，
three forts would be built in it—one at the Land's End, one in Wales, and one in the Highlands;
3个堡垒将被建立在哪儿——一个在陆地的尾端，一个在威尔士，另一个在高地。
so that in Britain there would be but three hamlets, with a population of some thirtymen, half-a-dozen women, and a few children!
所以英国将建立3个村庄，人口为30个男人，6个女人和一些孩子！
The Company's posts extended, with these intervals between them, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean,
公司在扩张，间隔的区间从大西洋到太平洋，
and from within the Arctic Circle to the northern boundaries of the United States.
从北极圈到美国北部沿线。
The country was divided into four large departments; again divided into districts, each under the direction of an influential officer;
这个国家被划分为四个大的部分，又进一步划分为区，每一个都在有影响力的官员的统治下，
and these were subdivided into numerous establishments, forts, posts, and outposts.
区又划分为许多企业、堡垒、邮局和警戒区。
The name of fort was given to all the posts in the country, but the only two that are real,
堡垒的名字给了这个国家的所有邮局，但只有两个是真实的，
bond fide forts, are Fort Garry and the Stone Fort, in the colony of Red River, which are surrounded by stone walls with bastions at the corners.
国际棋联联合堡垒，是加里堡垒和石头堡垒，在被石头墙包围的红河的殖民中。
