第一 我按照大小,把鯨分為主要的三篇(各篇再分為章),這就把它們不論大小都包括在內(nèi)了。
I. THE FOLIO WHALE; II. the OCTAVO WHALE; III.the DUODECIMO WHALE.
(一)對(duì)開(kāi)鯨;(二)八開(kāi)鯨;(三)十二開(kāi)鯨。
As the type of the FOLIO I present the SpermWhale; of the OCTAVO, the Grampus; of theDUODECIMO, the Porpoise.
我以抹香鯨,逆戟鯨,小鯨分別作為對(duì)開(kāi)型,八開(kāi)型,十二開(kāi)型的代表。
FOLIOS. Among these I here include the following chapters:
對(duì)開(kāi)型 我把下列各章包括在這一篇中:
I. The Sperm Whale; II. the Right Whale; III. the Fin Back Whale; IV. the Humpbacked Whale;V. the Razor Back Whale; VI. the Sulphur Bottom Whale.
(1)抹香鯨;(2)露脊鯨;(3)脊鰭鯨;(4)座頭鯨;(5)剃刀鯨;(6)黃腹?鯨。
BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER I. (Sperm Whale).--This whale, among the English of old vaguelyknown as the Trumpa whale and the Physeter whale,
第一篇(對(duì)開(kāi)型) 第一章(抹香鯨)...這種鯨,就是古代英國(guó)含糊地稱之為喇叭鯨,
and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of theGermans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words.
真甲鯨和砧頭鯨的鯨,也就是現(xiàn)代法國(guó)稱為"卡沙洛"。德國(guó)稱為"波茨魚(yú)"(都是按照法德兩國(guó)對(duì)于鯨的稱法的音譯。)和那個(gè)字音累贅的學(xué)名:疣豬屬鯨。
He is, without doubt, the largest inhabitant of the globe; the most formidable of all whales toencounter;
毫無(wú)疑義,它就是地球中最大的居民;也是一切鯨中最難對(duì)付的;
the most majestic in aspect; and lastly, by far the most valuable in commerce; he being theonly creature from which that valuable substance, spermaceti, is obtained.
它是儀表非凡的動(dòng)物;最后,它的商業(yè)價(jià)值又是最高的;因?yàn)樗侨藗兡軌驈乃砩汐@得貴重的東西,即鯨腦的唯一動(dòng)物。
All his peculiarities will, in many other places, be enlarged upon.
它的一切特點(diǎn)將在其它許多場(chǎng)合加以闡揚(yáng)。