He soon perceived that a slope had been formed , and the rock had slid along this until it stopped at the spot it now occupied . a large stone had served as a wedge ; flints and pebbles had been inserted around it , so as to conceal the orifice ; this species of masonry had been covered with earth , and grass and weeds had grown there , moss had clung to the stones , myrtle - bushes had taken root , and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth 圆形的大岩石旁边，还有一块大石头，这块大石头以前一定是用来顶住大圆石的滚势而做垫石的，岩石四周塞了许多石片和鹅卵石来掩饰洞口，周围又盖上了些泥土，野草从泥土里长了出来，苔藓布满了石面，香桃木也在那里生了根，于是那块大石就象是根深蒂固地长在地面上的一样了。
Descending into the grotto , he lifted the stone , filled his pockets with gems , put the box together as well and securely as he could , sprinkled fresh sand over the spot from which it had been taken , and then carefully trod down the earth to give it everywhere a uniform appearance ; then , quitting the grotto , he replaced the stone , heaping on it broken masses of rocks and rough fragments of crumbling granite , filling the interstices with earth , into which he deftly inserted rapidly growing plants , such as the wild myrtle and flowering thorn , then carefully watering these new plantations , he scrupulously effaced every trace of footsteps , leaving the approach to the cavern as savage - looking and untrodden as he had found it 然后，走出洞来，把那块石头盖回原处，在上面堆了些破碎的岩石和大块的花岗石碎片，又用泥土填满石缝，移了几棵香桃木和荆棘花种植在这些石缝里，并给这些新移种的植物浇些水，使它们看起来象是很久以来就生长在这儿的一样，然后擦去四周的脚印，焦急地等待他的同伴回来。他并不想整天地去望着那些黄金和钻石，或留在基督山岛上，象一条似的守护着那些沉在地下的宝藏。
