Altogether he gave me the impression of a respectable master mariner who had fallen into years and poverty.

整个地看来，他象是一个年事已高、景况潦倒而令人尊敬的航海家。

Traders, shipowners, captains of vessels, skippers, and master mariners from Europe and America, naval officers from every country, and at their heels the various national governments on these two continents, were all extremely disturbed by the business.

欧美的进出口商人、船长和船主、各国的海军官佐以及这两大洲的各国政府都非常注意这件事。