真的，眼睛和望远镜好象被二千美元奖金的远景所眩惑，一刻也不愿休息。

　　and those with nyctalopic eyes, whose ability to see in the dark increased their chances by fifty percent, had an excellent shot at winning the prize.

　　白天黑夜，人人都留心洋面，患昼盲症的人因在黑暗中能看得清。比别人要多百分之五十的机会获得这笔奖金。

　　As for me, I was hardly drawn by the lure of money and yet was far from the least attentive on board.

　　我个人是不受金钱引诱的，但我在船上也同样注意观察海面。

　　Snatching only a few minutes for meals and a few hours for sleep, come rain or come shine, I no longer left the ship's deck.

　　除了用餐的几分钟，睡眠的几小时，不管日晒也好，雨淋也好，我总不离开甲板。

　　Sometimes bending over the forecastle railings, sometimes leaning against the sternrail,

　　有时伏在船头围板上，有时扶着船尾的栏杆，我目不转晴，

　　I eagerly scoured that cotton-colored wake that whitened the ocean as far as the eye could see!

　　死盯着一望无际、白练般的浪涛！

　　And how many times I shared the excitement of general staff and crew when some unpredictable whale lifted its blackish back above the waves.

　　有好几次，一条任性的鲸鱼把灰黑的脊背露在波涛上的时候，我跟船上全体职工人员一样马上就激动起来。