Another phenomenon, still more strikingly modern, was a package of lucifer matches, which, in old times, would have been thought actually to borrow their instantaneous flame from the nether fires of Tophet.

另一种注目的现代现象是一包萤光火柴，在过去，这实际上被认为是从 Tophet 的幽冥火中借用了它们的瞬间火焰。

Didn't you once say that whatever ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of lucifers forward?

你不是说过，无论亚哈驾驶哪条，得在保险单上额外再付一笔保险费，像是头载的是一桶桶火药，尾载的是一箱箱火柴？