Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

 There was one pirate, however, who never crossed even the skirts of civilisation, and that was the sinister Sharkey, of the barque Happy Delivery. It may have been from his morose and solitary temper, or, as is more probable, that he knew that his name upon the coast was such that outraged humanity would, against all odds, have thrown themselves upon him, but never once did he show his face in a settlement.

When his ship was laid up (когда его корабль вставал на починку; to lay up – ставить судно на прикол /мор./) he would leave her under the charge of Ned Galloway – her New England quartermaster (он оставлял его на попечение Нэда Гэллоуэя, своего интенданта из Новой Англии; charge – загрузка; забота, попечение) – and would take long voyages in his boat (и предпринимал длительные путешествия на шлюпке), sometimes, it was said, for the purpose of burying his share of the plunder (иногда, как говорили, для того, чтобы закопать свою долю добычи; for the purpose – с целью; to bury – хоронить, закапывать), and sometimes to shoot the wild oxen of Hispaniola (а иногда, чтобы поохотиться на Эспаньоле на диких быков), which, when dressed and barbecued, provided provisions for his next voyage (которые, будучи разделаны и зажарены на вертеле, являлись провиантом для следующего плавания; to dress – одевать; свежевать, разделывать /тушу/; to provide – снабжать, предоставлять). In the latter case the barque would come round to some pre-arranged spot (в последнем случае барк подходил к заранее условленному месту; to come round – заходить, заезжать) to pick him up and take on board what he had shot (чтобы забрать его и принять на борт то, что он подстрелил; to shoot).

 When his ship was laid up he would leave her under the charge of Ned Galloway – her New England quartermaster – and would take long voyages in his boat, sometimes, it was said, for the purpose of burying his share of the plunder, and sometimes to shoot the wild oxen of Hispaniola, which, when dressed and barbecued, provided provisions for his next voyage. In the latter case the barque would come round to some pre-arranged spot to pick him up and take on board what he had shot.