I'll give orders to make for the Gulf of Mannar, and we'll arrive there late tonight.

但这没关系。我吩咐船驶到马纳尔湾，夜间我们就可以到达。

With the chart under my eyes, I looked for the Gulf of Mannar. I found it by the 9th parallel off the northwestern shores of Ceylon.

面前摆着地图，我找马纳尔湾。我在锡兰岛的西北海岸，纬度9度上找到了。

Fishermen gather in the Gulf of Mannar only during the month of March, and for thirty days some 300 boats concentrate on the lucrative harvest of these treasures from the sea.

每年三月采珠人才齐集在马纳尔湾，为期整整有三十天，他们的三百只船一齐做这种采取海中珠宝的有利事业。