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Moreover, in the infancy of the first Australian settlement,
這樣說不僅僅是因為捕鯨者是較早登上那塊大陸的人，
the emigrants were several times saved from starvation by the benevolent biscuit of the whale-ship luckily dropping an anchor in their waters.
在以后的數十年中，澳洲的早期開發者常常因為饑荒而面臨絕境，幾乎每次他們都是從路過那里的捕鯨船上獲得硬面包，而幸免于難的。
The uncounted isles of all Polynesia confess the same truth, and do commercial homage to the whale-ship,
玻利尼亞尼島嶼上的人們便十分坦誠地承認這一事實，并且明白地向捕鯨船致以誠摯的敬意。
that cleared the way for the missionary and the merchant, and in many cases carried the primitive missionaries to their first destinations.
捕鯨船還為牧師、商人開了路，事先就為那些蠻荒之地灌輸了一定的宗教與買賣的觀念。
If that double-bolted land, Japan, is ever to become hospitable, it is the whale-ship alone to whom the credit will be due; for already she is on the threshold.
就說那一向閉關鎖國的日本吧，它的開放可以說應該完全歸功于捕鯨船，是捕鯨船開到了它的大門口，把外面世界的文明帶給了它。
But if, in the face of all this, you still declare that whaling has no aesthetically noble associations connected with it,
你也許會說，從審美的角度講，捕鯨者與他們自身的業績是不相配的；你還會說，
then am I ready to shiver fifty lances with you there, and unhorse you with a split helmet every time.
好吧，你如果這樣說的話，我可要和你斗上幾十個回合了。不把你打得人仰馬翻我是不會善罷甘休的。
The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say.
以鯨魚為體裁的作品沒有什么名著，捕鯨者中也沒出過什么有名的作家。
