Like the eider duck, she has made a warm overcoat for her eggs out of her own soft down.

像鸭一样，她用自己的软毛为卵做了一件暖和的大衣。

An eider wind feathered Paul's cheeks, ruffled the folds of his burnoose.

羽风吹拂着保罗的脸颊，吹乱了他的长袍的褶皱。

This is the celebrated eider down, and it requires no great rapidity of movement to get it.

这就是著名的羽服， 无需快速移动得。

But the mystery was explained when M. Fridrikssen informed me that this tranquil personage was only a hunter of the eider duck, whose under plumage constitutes the chief wealth of the island.

但当弗里德里克森先生告诉我， 这个安静的人物只是鸭的猎人时， 这个谜团就得到了解释，鸭的羽毛是岛上的主要财富。

Now, as the eider duck does not select steep cliffs for her nest, but rather the smooth terraced rocks which slope to the sea, the Icelandic hunter might exercise his calling without any inconvenient exertion.

现在，由于鸭不再选择陡峭的悬崖作为巢穴，而是选择通向大海的光滑梯田岩石，冰岛猎人以毫不费力地履行自己的使命。