Still more, for the ample fins, I here saw but a few disordered joints; and in place of the weighty and majestic, but boneless flukes, an utter blank!

而且，原来那对丰满的鳍，我这里看见的却是几根凌乱的关节；而原来那虽然无骨，却沉重而壮丽的尾叶所在的地方，如今却是一片空白！