In an extensive herd, so remarkable, occasionally, are these mystic gestures, that I have heard hunters who have declared them akin to Free-Mason signs and symbols; that the whale, indeed, by these methods intelligently conversed with the world.

偶尔，有一大群鲸鱼聚集在一起，非常引人注目地做出这些神秘的姿势，我曾听见捕鲸者们说，它们类似于共济会的标志和象征；鲸鱼的确是用这些聪明的方法来与世界对话的。