第901章 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(26)

In the deck there were two large， long hatches， fore nd aft of the mast， and both open， as they always were in ir weather， to let light and air into the belly of the ship. aspian led them down a ladder into the after hatch. Here hey found themselves in a place where benches for rowing n from side to side and the light came in through the oar. oles and danced on the roof. Of course Caspian’s ship was ot that horrible thing， a galley rowed by slaves. Oars were sed only when wind failed or for getting in and out of arbour and everyone （except Reepicheep whose legs were oo short） had often taken a turn. At each side of the ship he space under the benches was left clear for the rowers‘ et， but all down the centre there was a kind of pit which ent down to the very keel and this was filled with all kinds f things.sacks of flour， casks of water and beer， barrels f pork， jars of honey， skin bottles of wine， apples， nuts， heeses， biscuits， turnips， sides of bacon. From the roof. hat is， from the under side of the deck.hung hams and rings of onions， and also the men of the watch off.duty in heir hammocks. Caspian led them aft， stepping from bench o bench； at least， it was stepping for him， and something etween a step and a jump for Lucy， and a real long jumpor Reepicheep. In this way they came to a partition with door in it. Caspian opened the door and led them into acabin which filled the stern underneath the deck cabins in the poop. It was of course not so nice. It was very low and the sides sloped together as they went down so that there was hardly any floor； and though it had windows of thick glass， they were not made to open because they were under water. In fact at this very moment， as the ship pitched they were alternately golden with sunlight and dim green with the sea.