1. What the shore was, whether rock or sand, whether steep or shoal, we knew not;
等待着我们的海岸是岩石还是沙滩，是陡岸还是浅滩，我们一无所知。
2. Reared in charleston, he knew every inlet, creek, shoal and rock of the Carolina coast near that port, and he was equally at home in the waters around wilmington.
他生长在查尔斯顿，熟悉海港附近卡罗来纳海岸的每一个小港小湾、沙洲和岸礁，同时对威尔明顿周围的水域也了如指掌。