Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks glasses! of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep.

有的倚着桩子；有的坐在码头边上；有的在瞭望着从中国驶来的船只的舷墙；有的高高地爬在索具上，仿佛要尽量把海景看个痛快似的。