Sam was not aboard, but his younger brother, Henry, was-serving as a "mud clerk," or boy who would go ashore, often at a mud bank, to receive or hand off freight.

山姆不在船上，但弟弟亨利在船上。亨利是这艘船的“排泥手”，就是常到泥泞的河岸边，为货船搬运货物的男孩。

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Sam was not aboard, but his younger brother, Henry, was-serving as a "mud clerk," or boy who would go ashore, often at a mud bank, to receive or hand off freight.

山姆不在船上，但弟弟亨利在船上。亨利是这艘船的“排泥手”，就是常到泥泞的河岸边，为货船搬运货物的男孩。

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