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Though such a movement on the part of the whale struck under such circumstances, is in no wise unprecedented; and indeed is almost always more or less anticipated; yet does it present one of the more perilous vicissitudes of the fishery. For as the swift monster drags you deeper and deeper into the frantic shoal, you bid adieu to circumspect life and only exist in a delirious throb.
大鲸被击中后而表现出这种动作来，并不是前无先例的；老实说，这往往差不多是事先就多少估计到的；而这也是捕鱼业的较会发生危险变化的一种情况。因为当那只狂奔直闯的巨兽把你越拖越拖到如疯如狂的鲸群中心里去的时候，那你就只有跟这种战战兢兢的生活告别，去过那种心惊肉跳的生活了。
As, blind and deaf, the whale plunged forward, as if by sheer power of speed to rid himself of the iron leech that had fastened to him; as we thus tore a white gash in the sea, on all sides menaced as we flew, by the crazed creatures to and fro rushing about us; our beset boat was like a ship mobbed by ice-isles in a tempest, and striving to steer through their complicated channels and straits, knowing not at what moment it may be locked in and crushed.
这时，那条如盲如瞎。向前直钻的鲸，好象在使尽全力，想把紧插在它身上那只铁水蛭甩掉。我们就这样被在我们旁边冲来撞去的发狂的大鲸团团围住，四面受敌，只好一边快速地划，一边设法在海上杀开一条白隙来。我们这只被困的小艇就象一只在狂风暴雨中、被冰块冲来击去的船只，拼命想撑过错综复杂的大小海峡，生怕不知什么时候又会被团团围住，压得粉碎。
But not a bit daunted, Queequeg steered us manfully; now sheering off from this monster directly across our route in advance; now edging away from that, whose colossal flukes were suspended overhead, while all the time, Starbuck stood up in the bows, lance in hand, pricking out of our way whatever whales he could reach by short darts, for there was no time to make long ones. Nor were the oarsmen quite idle, though their wonted duty was now altogether dispensed with. They chiefly attended to the shouting part of the business.
但是，魁魁格却一点也不害怕，仍然果敢地为我们把舵，一会儿直接打那挡住我们去路的巨兽身边擦过去，一会儿又从这条大鲸身边掠过去，那些鲸的大裂片都高挂在我们头顶。斯达巴克始终站在艇头，手里拿着捕鲸枪，在够得到的地方，轻轻地（因为已经无法狠狠一戳了）朝随便哪条鲸一戳，这样一边刺戳，一边打开出路。桨手们也不是完全闲着没事做，虽则他们现在都完全免去了日常的差使。他们主要地就是担任叫喊方面的工作。
