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第522章 XVI

Quitting the port and smoother waves, they stand To sea, with favouring wind which blows astern;

And (coasting) round the rich and populous land Of odoriferous Ind the vessels turn, Opening a thousand isles on either hand, Scattered about that sea, till they discern The land of Thomas; here the pilot veers His ready tiller, and more northward steers.