In fact, at a distance of a quarter of a mile, leaning against the trunk of a gigantic kauri, stood a human being, the Proteus of those subterranean regions, a new son of Neptune, watching this countless herd of mastodons.

事实上，在四分之一英里地方，靠着一棵巨大贝壳杉树干，站着一个人类， 这些地下区域普罗透斯，海王星， 正在注视着这无数乳齿象群。