But Phileas Fogg, who was not travelling, but only describing a circumference, took no pains to inquire into these subjects;he was a solid body, traversing an orbit around the terrestrial globe, according to the laws of rational mechanics.

假如福克先生向他请教的话，柯罗马蒂会乐意把有关印度的历史、风俗人情和社会组织的情况告诉他的；可惜福克先生什么都不打听，因为他不是来旅行的，他只是要在地球上兜一个圈儿。