In essence, over a period of time several ships had encountered " an enormous thing" at sea, a long spindle-shaped object, sometimes giving off a phosphorescent glow, infinitely bigger and faster than any whale.
不久以前,好些大船在海上碰见了一一个“庞
大物”,一个很长的物体,形状很像纺锤,有时发出磷光,它的体积比鲸鱼大得多,行动起来也比鲸鱼快得多。