My grandmother used to tell us a story of a mountain of loadstone.

我的祖母曾经给我们讲过一个磁石山的故事。

By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall, and move from one place to another.

通过这个磁石，可以使岛屿上升和下降，并从一个地方移动到另一个地方。

Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way.

无论我走哪条路， 指路明灯都在我心中； 指路明灯和磁石。

This loadstone is under the care of certain astronomers, who, from time to time, give it such positions as the monarch directs.

这块磁石在某些天文学家的照料下，他们不时地按照君主的指示给它安排位置。

But the greatest curiosity, upon which the fate of the island depends, is a loadstone of a prodigious size, in shape resembling a weaver's shuttle.

但是，决定该岛命运的最大奇观是一块巨大的磁石，其形状类似于织布工的梭子。