他知道这个地方是草木不生，无处隐藏的，但如果海能稍微平静一些，他就要重新跳到海水里去，再游到黎玛岛去，那儿虽也和这儿一样荒无人烟，但地方比较大，因此也较容易藏身。

• He knew that it was barren and without shelter; but when the sea became more calm, he resolved to plunge into its waves again, and swim to Lemaire, equally arid, but larger, and consequently better adapted for concealment.