Provisions were purchased at Kholby, and, while Sir Francis and Mr. Fogg took the howdahs on either side, Passepartout got astride the saddle–cloth between them.

他们在克尔比买了一些吃的。柯罗马蒂坐在大象一边的鞍椅上，福克坐在另一边。路路通高居在主人和旅长之间，两腿跨在鞍垫上。

The Parsee, who was an accomplished elephant driver, covered his back with a sort of saddle–cloth, and attached to each of his flanks some curiously uncomfortable howdahs.

这个帕西人当象童或充向导全十分内行。他在象脊背上铺上鞍垫，在象身两侧，挂上两个坐着并不太舒服的鞍椅。