HOW it was I never could find out, for, though Iapplied myself to it several times, I never couldmaster his liturgies and XXXIX Articles—leavingQueequeg, then, fasting on his tomahawk pipe, andYojo warming himself at his sacrificial fire ofshavings.

我永远无法找到答案,虽然我提醒过几次,我无法理解他的祷文,然后他很快掏出烟管,而约约则用他的祈祷之火帮忙点燃。

I sallied out among the shipping. After muchprolonged sauntering and many random inquiries, Ilearnt that there were three ships up for three-years' voyages.The Devil-dam, the Tit-bit, andthe Pequod.

我寻找着心目中理想的船，漫无目的的寻找之后,得知近期内启航、航程三年的船有三条：魔闸号、美味号、裴廓德号。

DEVIL-DAM, I do not know the origin of; TIT-BIT is obvious; PEQUOD, you will no doubtremember, was the name of a celebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians; now extinct as theancient Medes.

魔闸不知典从何出，裴廓德却略知一二，这是马萨诸塞州的一个印第安人部落，一个已被斩尽杀绝的种族的名称。

I peered and pryed about the Devil-dam; from her, hopped over to the Tit-bit; and finally,going on board the Pequod, looked around her for a moment, and then decided that this wasthe very ship for us.

船有多种，你也许见过那些横帆船、舢版、帆桨两用船…最后,四处看了一下,然后决定,这就是我们的船。

You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day, for aught I know;square-toed luggers.

我在三条船上转了转，最后决定上裴廓德号。

mountainous Japanese junks; butter-box galliots, and what not; but take my word for it, younever saw such a rare old craft as this same rare old Pequod.

斑驳的船头，仿佛有一副很威风的大胡子，而那来自日本海岸的桅杆,你从来没见过这样的一个罕见的老工艺,还有同样罕见的古老的结合。