As most young candidates for the pains and penalties of whaling stop at this same New Bedford, thence to embark on their voyage, it may as well be related that I, for one, had no idea of so doing.

大部分新手在奔赴苦刑似的捕鲸航行时，总先停在新贝德福这地方，然后再从这里出发，开始航行，可是，拿我来说，我却一点也没有这样的打算。