Dangerous? Ned Land replied. A simple trip to an oysterbank?

很危险！尼德·兰回答，到珍珠贝礁石上！

In this respect oysters are inferior even to mussels, to whom nature has not denied all talent for locomotion.

从这点来看，珍珠贝甚至于不如谈菜，因为大自然还给菜有可能移动的能力。

But tell me, captain, how many oysters can a boat fish up in a workday?

不过，长，请您告诉我，只天可以采得多少珍珠贝呢？

True to those instincts, Ned Land greedily stuffed the finest of these mollusks into a net he carried at his side.

尼德·兰行使他的这种本能，急急把那些最好的珍珠贝塞到他身边带着的鱼网中。

I believe the average time underwater that these fishermen can tolerate is thirty seconds, during which they hastily stuff their little nets with all the pearl oysters they can tear loose.

我认为这些采珠人可以留在水里面忍受的平均时间为三十秒，在这三十秒内，他们得赶快把自己采得的珍珠贝塞在个小网中。