18 太平洋下四千里(7)
The Nautilus's general heading was southeast, and it stayed at a depth between 100 and 150 meters. However, from lord-knows-what whim, one day it did a diagonal pe by means of its slanting fins, reaching strata located 2,000 meters underwater. The thermometer indicated a temperature of 4.25 degrees centigrade, which at this depth seemed to be a temperature common to all latitudes.
诺第留斯号所走的大方向是东南方，它所在的深度总是保持在一百米和一百五十米之间。但有一天，我不知道因为什么理由，它使用那两块纵斜机板，沿着纵斜线潜下去，一直到二千米的深度.温度表正指摄氏4.25度，好像在这样深度的水里，不管在什么地带，温度都是一共一同一律的：
On November 26, at three o'clock in the morning, the Nautilus cleared the Tropic of Cancer at longitude 172 degrees. On the 27th it passed in sight of the Hawaiian Islands, where the famous Captain Cook met his death on February 14, 1779. By then we had fared 4,860 leagues from our starting point. When I arrived on the platform that morning, I saw the Island of Hawaii two miles to leeward, the largest of the seven islands making up this group. I could clearly distinguish the tilled soil on its outskirts, the various mountain chains running parallel with its coastline, and its volcanoes, crowned by Mauna Kea, whose elevation is 5,000 meters above sea level. Among other specimens from these waterways, our nets brought up some peacock-tailed flabellarian coral, polyps flattened into stylish shapes and unique to this part of the ocean.
11月26日早晨三点， 诺第留斯号在西经172度上越过了北回归线。27 H，它远远可以望见夏威夷一群一岛， 这是1779年2日14日有名的航海家库克被杀死的地方。我们自出发以来到现在，已经走了四千八百六十里了。这天早晨，我上平台望见在下凤两里左右的夏威夷岛，它是形成这一群一岛的七个岛中最大的一个。我清楚地看到它的已经开发地带的边缘，跟海岸线平行的各支山脉和拔海立千米的火山一群一;高一耸在它上面的，是摩那罗亚火山：在这一带海中伪其它品种中间，鱼网还打到了孔雀扇形珊瑚，那是外形美观的扁平水螅类，是这一部分太平洋的特产动物。”
The Nautilus kept to its southeasterly heading. On December 1 it cut the equator at longitude 142 degrees, and on the 4th of the same month, after a quick crossing marked by no incident, we raised the Marquesas Islands. Three miles off, in latitude 8 degrees 57' south and longitude 139 degrees 32' west, I spotted Martin Point on Nuku Hiva, chief member of this island group that belongs to France.
诺第留斯号的方向仍是向着东南方。12月1月，它在西经142度上越过赤道线;4日，经过顺利的迅速行驶后，我们望见了马贵斯一群一岛。相距三海里远，在南纬8度57分， 西经139度32分，我看见奴加衣瓦岛的马丁尖呻，这是法属马贵斯一群一岛中的最重要的一个岛。