Then he took two turns of the harpoon line around the bitt in the bow and hid his head on his hands.

接着他鱼叉的绳子船头的系缆柱绕了两圈，然后搁双手。

" You'll find it knockin' about by the bitts, " Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed.

" 那指头会连手晃来晃去的。" 里奇说着我躲着的床位边坐下。

He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow.

他早就鱼叉准备停当，叉的那卷细绳子给搁一只圆筐内，一端紧系船头的系缆柱。