It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes -- doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random; The guineas, too, were about the scarcest, and it was with these only that my mother knew how to

口袋里 的金币来自各个国家，大小不同，有西班牙的杜布龙金币和每枚值八个里亚尔的银币、法国的金路易、英国的金基尼；以及其他国家我不认识的钱币；这些钱全都混在一起；母亲只会用基尼算帐，但基尼的数量最少，得在一

The guineas, too, were about the scarcest , and it was with these only that my mother knew how to make her count.

几尼的数量大概最少，而我母亲只会用几尼来计算。

scarcer scarcest：(稀少的)

wise (明智的) wiser wisest | close (近的) closer closest | scarce(稀少的) scarcer scarcest