This was how it was: a spring of clear water rose almost at the top of a knoll. Well, on the knoll, and enclosing the spring, they had clapped a stout log-house, fit to hold two score of people on a pinch, and loop-holed for musketry on every side.
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- 木寨的情況是這樣的:一股清泉幾乎是從小山丘的頂上涌了出來(lái),有人在這山丘上用圓木圍著(zhù)清泉建了一座堅固的屋子,里面可以擠得下四十個(gè)人,而且四面的墻上都有槍孔。