whale fishery

Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial,

直到鲸鱼业绕过合恩角，没有通商，只是殖民地的地区，几乎没有同世界的交往，只是殖民地的地区

the old fisherman used to delight the children of the village by spinning yarns about the whale fishery.

那老渔夫常给村里的孩子讲捕鲸的故事，使他们听得津津有味。

Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Europe and the long line of the opulent Spanish provinces on the Pacific coast.

在合恩角的捕鲸业发达之前，欧洲与丰饶连绵的西班牙各地间在太平洋沿线的交往，还不是什么商业行为而只是殖民事业，除了殖民事业，可说没有什么其它的交往。

The golden age of whale fishery is over.

捕鲸业的黄金时代已过去.