On the verandah the air was scented with the heavy perfume of the tiare, and overhead the Southern Cross shone in a cloudless sky.

露台上，空气里弥漫着蒂阿瑞花的浓郁香气，头顶上，南十字座星在万里无云的天空上闪烁发光。

Truth, though old, truth, truth feeds up in the high country, as elusive, as serenity, yet as certain as the north star and the southern cross.

真理，虽然古老，却在高山上萌发，它像宁静一样难以捉摸，但却像北极星和南十字星一样确定。

Dr.Macphail lit his pipe and, leaning over the rail, searched the heavens for the Southern Cross.

麦克费尔博士点燃烟斗，俯身在栏杆上，在天空中寻找南十字星座。

However, it's not visible south of the Equator, so navigators there could use a constellation called Newe, or the Southern Cross, and some mental tricks to estimate where south is.

然而，它在赤道以南是不可见的，所以那里的航海家可以使用一个叫做 Newe 或南十字星​​座的星座，以及一些心理技巧来估计南方的位置。