In merchantmen, oil for the sailor is more scarce than the milk of queens.

在商船里，对于水手说来，灯油是比王后的奶汁罕。

Hence, in whale-ships and merchantmen alike, the mates have their quarters with the captain; and so, too, in most of the American whalers the harpooneers are lodged in the after part of the ship.

, 捕鲸船也跟一般商船一样, 大二三副都跟船长住在一起;因此, 在大多数的美国捕鲸船上, 标枪手们也是住在船尾。