Not P but Moby-Dick (33)

[Mike Jing]

The existing translations were split on this one, so I thought I'd ask.

Thanks all for responding.


On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 3:13 PM <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> The English says both, but we could safely assume Melville is talking
> about the abandoned boat.
>
> Jb
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 28 Oct 2023, at 20:23, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I’d say BOTH the observers and the boat being observed were  "Floating
> on
> > the waves"
> >
> >> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:09 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The abandoned boat.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM Mike Jing <
> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From Chapter 48:
> >>>
> >>> Floating on the waves we saw the abandoned boat, as for one instant it
> >>> tossed and gaped beneath the ship’s bows like a chip at the base of a
> >>> cataract; and then the vast hull rolled over it, and it was seen no
> more
> >>> till it came up weltering astern.
> >>>
> >>> What's the subject of "Floating on the waves", "we" or "the abandoned
> >>> boat"?
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