In short, this ancient and learned Low Dutch book treated of the commerce of Holland; and, among other subjects, contained a very interesting account of its whale fishery.

简而言之，这本博学的低地荷兰语古书写的是荷兰的商业；而且，除了许多其他主题，它还饶有兴味地讲到了捕鲸业的事情。

The allusion to the waifs and waif-poles in the last chapter but one, necessitates some account of the laws and regulations of the whale fishery, of which the waif may be deemed the grand symbol and badge.

上上章曾经提到过旗标和标杆，有必要就捕鲸业中的规则和惯例做一番说明，其中旗标可以视为一种重要的象征和标记。

Something like a bounty upon production, however, has been granted upon some particular occasions. The tonnage bounties given to the white herring and whale fisheries may, perhaps, be considered as somewhat of this nature.

然而，在某些特定情况下会授予生产奖励金之类的东西。给予白鲱鱼和鲸鱼渔业的吨位奖金或许可以被认为是这种性质。

In 1724, this company had undertaken the whale fishery. Of this, indeed, they had no monopoly; but as long as they carried it on, no other British subjects appear to have engaged in it.

1724年，这家公司承接了捕鲸业。在这方面，他们确实没有垄断；但只要他们坚持下去，似乎就没有其他英国臣民参与其中。

They employed the Wampanoag and had this system of debt servitude by which if a Wampanoag got into trouble with the law or something like that, their penalty would be in years in the whale fishery.

他们雇佣了万帕诺亚格人，并实行了债务劳役制度，如果万帕诺亚格人触犯法律或类似的事情，他们的惩罚将是在捕鲸业中数年。