英語(yǔ)聽書《白鯨記》第626期

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Chapter 66 The Shark Massacre

第六十六章 屠殺鯊魚事件

When in the Southern Fishery a captured Sperm Whale, after long and weary toil, is brought alongside late at night, it is not, as a general thing at least, customary to proceed at once to the business of cutting him in. For that business is an exceedingly laborious one; is not very soon completed; and requires all hands to set about it. Therefore, the common usage is to take in all sail; lash the helm a'lee; and then send every one below to his hammock till daylight, with the reservation that, until that time, anchor-watches shall be kept; that is, two and two for an hour, each couple, the crew in rotation shall mount the deck to see that all goes well.

在南海的捕鯨業(yè)中，經(jīng)過(guò)了好久的疲累的拖曳后，在深更半夜里，把一條打倒的抹香鯨拖到船邊來(lái)的時(shí)候，一般說(shuō)來(lái)，至少是不會(huì)立刻就對(duì)它進(jìn)行割油的。因?yàn)楦钣驼媸菢斗浅７敝氐幕顑海徊⒉皇且幌伦泳屯甑昧斯?，而是需要大家一齊來(lái)動(dòng)手的。因此，習(xí)慣上總是減帆落篷，在避風(fēng)處縛起舵來(lái)；然后叫大家到艙里去睡覺，不過(guò)，在到天亮前這段期間里，總是派人在船尾值夜；就是說(shuō)，每一個(gè)鐘頭由四個(gè)人值班，兩人一雙地輪流跑到甲板上，留心一下情況。

But sometimes, especially upon the Line in the Pacific, this plan will not answer at all; because such incalculable hosts of sharks gather round the moored carcase, that were he left so for six hours, say, on a stretch, little more than the skeleton would be visible by morning. In most other parts of the ocean, however, where these fish do not so largely abound, their wondrous voracity can be at times considerably diminished, by vigorously stirring them up with sharp whaling-spades, a procedure notwithstanding, which, in some instances, only seems to tickle them into still greater activity.

但是，有的時(shí)候，尤其是在太平洋的赤道上，這種打算就不很反完全適用了；因?yàn)閲谶@條拴在船邊的死鯨四周的鯊魚，多得無(wú)可計(jì)數(shù)，如果聽它這樣一氣擱上六個(gè)小時(shí)，那么，到了天亮一看，就只剩下一架骷髏了。不過(guò)，在其它大部分海洋上，因?yàn)轷忯~并不是這么多，它們那種貪得無(wú)厭的狂欲，只消用一些銳利的捕鯨鏟，對(duì)它們狠狠地?cái)嚢枰活D，是能夠隨時(shí)使它們大大地減小的，雖說(shuō)這種做法有時(shí)似乎只會(huì)把它們逗弄得更活躍起來(lái)。