The commander of the naval force, Captain [Gustavus] Fox, had hoped to move the soldiers to Sumter in small boats. But the sea was so rough that the small boats could not be used.

美国海军的司令官古斯塔夫·福克斯上校原希望利用小船将士兵运送到萨姆特堡，但这里的海面非常凶涌，这样的小船根本无法使用。

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On Aug. 25, 1875, Captain Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old former English naval officer, accomplished a feat many thought impossible: swimming across the English Channel.

1875年4月25日，27岁的前英国海军军官马修·韦伯上尉完成了一项许多人认为不可能实现的壮举：游泳横渡英吉利海峡。

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By registering his passage, the captain of a commercial vessel can trade information about pirate activity with naval patrols.

货船的船长可以通过登记其航线与海军巡航对换取海盗的活动信息。

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The commander of the naval force, Captain Fox, had hoped to move the soldiers to Sumter in small boats.

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