Not one ship in a hundred carries rods, and Ahab, —aye, man, and all of us, —were in no more danger then, in my poor opinion, than all the crews in ten thousand ships now sailing the seas.
装有避雷针的船还不到百分之一,而亚哈,是的,伙计,还有我们大家,以我的浅见来看,都和此刻航行在海上的成千上万艘船上的人一样,都没有什么危险。