Ice floes were increasing over the open water. The sea was starting to congeal everywhere.
冰群在流动的水上愈来愈多了。海面渐渐冻结。
There, all about us, I swear that the shores and ice floes were crowded with marine mammals as far as the eye could see, and I involuntarily looked around for old Proteus, that mythological shepherd who guarded King Neptune's immense flocks.
在那里,我简直可以说,我们周围,陆地上和冰层上,一望无际都被海中哺乳动物挤满了,我眼光不期然而然地找那老头蒲罗德,他神话中给海神涅豆尼看守家畜群的老收人。