They had never been worn , my mother said . under that , the miscellany began - a quadrant , a tin canikin , several sticks of tobacco , two brace of very handsome pistols , a piece of bar silver , an old spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make , a pair of compasses mounted with brass , and five or six curious west indian shells 在那套衣服的下面,开始出现了各式各样的东西:一个四分仪,一个锡制的小酒杯,几颗烟,两对非常漂亮的手铣,一根银条,一只西班牙老怀表,还有其他一些不值钱的小装饰品,大多是外国制造的,一副黄铜杆的圆规,还有五六个珍奇的西印度贝壳。