I found each wave, instead of the big, smooth glossy mountain it looks from shore or from a vessel’s deck, was for all the world like any range of hills on dry land, full of peaks and smooth places and valleys.

我发现，每道波浪并不像从岸上或甲板上看去那样，是一座光滑明亮的大山；它其实与陆地上的山岭无异，有峰顶，也有平缓之处和谷地。