Towards noon whales were raised; but so soon as the ship sailed down to them, they turned and fled with swift precipitancy; a disordered flight, as of Cleopatra's barges from Actium.

快到中午的时候，鲸鱼现了，可是船刚刚向它们驶过，鲸鱼就转过头，匆匆忙忙地飞逃而；鲸群混乱无序，就像是从亚克兴溃退的克丽奥佩特拉的船队。

The prize was certainly great; but it was only to be won by striking the happy mean between precipitancy and caution.

品当然很棒；但只有在鲁莽和谨慎之间找到合适的中庸之道才能赢得胜利。