作者：安布罗斯.比尔斯 翻译：异样的声音（微信公众号） 图片 A man stepped out of the darkness into the little illuminated circle about our failing campfire and seated himself upon a rock. 篝火越来越弱，只照亮了周围一小片儿。此时，一位男子从夜色中走了进来，坐到了一块石头上。 “You are not the first to explore this region,” he said, gravely. 声音低沉，他说：“探险此地，你们可不是第一个。” Nobody controverted his statement; he was himself proof of its truth, for he was not of our party and must have been somewhere near when we camped. Moreover, he must have companions not far away; it was not a place where one would be living or traveling alone. For more than a week we had seen, besides ourselves and our animals, only such living things as rattlesnakes and horned toads. In an Arizona desert one does not long coexist with only such creatures as these: one must have pack animals, supplie…