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In most cases this lower jaw—being easily unhinged by a practised artist— is disengaged and hoisted on deck for the purpose of extracting the ivory teeth, and furnishing a supply of that hard white whalebone with which the fishermen fashion all sorts of curious articles including canes, umbrella-stocks, and handles to riding-whips.
這個下巴頦——有經驗的老手可以很容易地把它卸下來——大多是在卸下后，就拉上甲板來，以便拔掉它那些象牙一般的牙齒，同時把那種又白又硬的鯨須去供給捕鯨人做出名式各樣奇珍異品，諸如手杖，雨傘骨，馬鞭柄等等。
With a long, weary hoist the jaw is dragged on board, as if it were an anchor; and when the proper time comes— some few days after the other work—Queequeg, Daggoo, and Tashtego, being all accomplished dentists, are set to drawing teeth. With a keen cutting-spade, Queequeg lances the gums; then the jaw is lashed down to ringbolts, and a tackle being rigged from aloft, they drag out these teeth, as Michigan oxen drag stumps of old oaks out of wild woodlands. There are generally forty-two teeth in all; in old whales, much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away like joists for building houses.
經過好久的辛苦拖曳后，那只下巴頦終于象只大錨一般被拖上船來。等到相當的時間——干完了其它工作的幾天后——魁魁格、大個兒和塔斯蒂哥這些本來就是熟練的牙科醫生，便開始來拔牙齒了。那時候，魁魁格手里拿著一把銳利的剖魚鏟子，直向牙齦戳去；接著，便把那只下巴頦用繩子緊縛在螺旋釘上，上面早已掛好復滑車，他們就象密歇根的公牛在野林里拔老橡樹根一般，把這些牙齒給拔了出來。鯨通常長有四十二只牙齒；至于老鯨，牙齒雖然沒有朽爛，卻大都磨損了，而且也派不了我們那種精巧的手藝品的用場。以后，他們就把下巴頦鋸成片片，好象準備用來建造房屋的托梁一般，把它們堆在一旁。
Chapter 75 The Right Whale's Head - Contrasted View
第七十五章露脊鯨頭——對比圖
Crossing the deck, let us now have a good long look at the the Right Whale's head.
現在讓我們穿過甲板，去仔細地瞧瞧這只露脊鯨頭吧。
