I'll give orders to make for the Gulf of Mannar, and we'll arrive there late tonight.

但这没关系。我吩咐船驶到马纳尔湾，夜间我们就可以到达。

The skiff advanced toward Mannar Island, which curved to the south. Captain Nemo stood up from his thwart and studied the sea.

小艇向马纳尔岛前进，岛南部渐渐扩大。尼摩船长站起来，看一下海回。

Going up Ceylon's west coast during the night, the Nautilus lay west of the bay, or rather that gulf formed by the mainland and Mannar Island.

在夜间上溯了锡兰岛西部海岸，现在到了这海口的西边，或不如说，到了马纳尔岛陆地形成的这个海湾的西边。

It was formed by the long curve of little Mannar Island. To reach it we had to go all the way up Ceylon's west coast.

这海湾由马纳尔小岛的延长海岸线所形成。要到这湾，必须上溯锡兰岛整个西部海岸。

With the chart under my eyes, I looked for the Gulf of Mannar. I found it by the 9th parallel off the northwestern shores of Ceylon.

面前摆着地图，我找马纳尔湾。我在锡兰岛的西北海岸，纬度9度上找到了。

Fishermen gather in the Gulf of Mannar only during the month of March, and for thirty days some 300 boats concentrate on the lucrative harvest of these treasures from the sea.

每年三月采珠人才齐集在马纳尔湾，为期整整有三十天，他们的三百只船一齐做这种采取海中珠宝的有利事业。