翻刻
田畠買求め引移候間付添参り開発等之手伝仕り
罷在候處同年十月頃「バアツレ」と申人此所ニ而算術
万国地理測量之法等導方相初候ニ付「フイチセル」
世話を以入門仕り翌年四月迄右修行仕候同年七
月頃「フイチセル」又鯨漁出申候此度ハ「チヨンマン」又留守を頼
へしとて留守番を被申付「フイチセル」妻と其姉と
其先妻之娘と供に四人家内同様に相暮し罷在候
付呉候
名ニ而御座候十月頃又「アルハア」と申人前件同様導
方相初候ニ付又入門仕り翌年巳ノ四月迄修行仕候扨
「フイチセル」罷帰り候間又「フーぺツホウ」へ参り「バセ」と申摺屋之
弟子二相成り居申候處病気差起り候二付又「シカントネツキ」之
「フイチセル」宅へ立戻り手跡相習罷在翌午ノ年又右
「ハセ」之方へ罷越し候其六月同所「テべス」と申人二被相雇
鯨船ニのり同所出帆船中に海上測量達し候者へ
私共五人計有之始終楫を取り申候東へのり出し
「ウエントアイフン」と申島へのり付薪水を調へ「カナーリヤ」之沖
を通り南へのり喜望峰を通り「アンシタシ」と申島にて
亀を捕り丑の方へのり新和蘭陀之北を通り「ジヤカタラ」
之瀬戸を越し「タイモウ」の内「コウピヤン」と云島に着帆此
島高山ニ而此島之人皆いわゆる黒坊ニ而御座候爰ニ而三
十日計滞留薪水を調へ戌亥へのり東へ転し新「コイネヤ」
之北海を鯨漁し申候此所之嶋人黒坊ニ而顔に彩色
いたし髪を白くぬり男女わかち難くおとなしき姿
現代語訳
田畑を買い求めて引っ越すので、付き添って行き、開発などの手伝いをして
いたところ、同年十月頃「バートル」という人がこの所で算術や
万国地理、測量の法などの指導を始めたので、「フィチセル」の
世話により入門し、翌年四月まで右の修行をした。同年七
月頃「フィチセル」がまた捕鯨に出ると言うので、今度は「チョンマン」またお前に留守を頼
むということで留守番を申し付けられ、「フィチセル」の妻とその姉と
その先妻の娘と一緒に四人で家族同様に暮らしていた。
十月頃また「アルハー」という人が前件同様に指導
を始めたので、また入門し翌年巳年四月まで修行した。さて
「フィチセル」が帰って来たので、また「ニューベッドフォード」へ行き「バセ」という摺り屋の
弟子になって居たところ、病気にかかったのでまた「レカントコッキ」の
「フィチセル」宅へ立ち戻り、手跡を習っていた。翌午年、また右の
「ハセ」の方へ行った。その六月、同所で「テベス」という人に雇われ、
捕鯨船に乗り、同所を出帆した。船中に海上測量に達した者が
私ども五人ほどおり、始終舵を取った。東へ向かい出し、
「ウエントアイフン」という島へ向かい、薪水を調え「カナリヤ」の沖
を通り南へ向かい、喜望峰を通り「アンシタシ」という島で
亀を捕り、北へ向かいニューホラント（オーストラリア）の北を通り「ジャカトラ」
の瀬戸を越し「タイモウ」の内「コウピヤン」という島に入港した。この
島は高山で、この島の人皆いわゆる黒坊である。ここで三
十日ほど滞留し、薪水を調え西北へ向かい東へ転じ、新「コイネヤ」
の北海で捕鯨をした。この所の島人は黒坊で顔に彩色
し髪を白く塗り、男女の区別が難しく大人しい姿である。
英語訳
As he purchased farmland and moved, I accompanied him and helped with development work.
In October of the same year, a person named "Bartle" began teaching arithmetic,
world geography, surveying methods, and such at this place, so through "Fichsel's"
arrangement I became his student and studied under him until April of the following year. In July of the same year,
when "Fichsel" said he would go whaling again, this time he appointed me saying "Chonman, I entrust you with watching the house again," and I lived
like family with "Fichsel's" wife, her sister, and
his former wife's daughter—four people together.
Around October, another person named "Alha" began instruction
similar to the previous case, so I became his student again and studied until April of the following Mi year. Then
when "Fichsel" returned, I went to "New Bedford" again and became an apprentice to a printing shop owner named "Base," but when I fell ill, I returned again to "Fichsel's"
house in "Lecontocki" and studied calligraphy. In the following Uma year, I went again to
the aforementioned "Hase." In June of that year, I was hired by a person named "Tebes" at the same place,
boarded a whaling ship, and departed from there. On the ship there were
about five of us who were skilled in marine surveying, and we took turns at the helm throughout. We sailed east,
headed for an island called "Went Island," provisioned with firewood and water, passed offshore of the "Canaries,"
sailed south, passed the Cape of Good Hope, caught turtles at an island called "Anshitashi,"
sailed north, passed north of New Holland (Australia), crossed the straits of "Jacatra,"
and arrived at an island called "Koupyan" within "Taimou." This
island is mountainous, and all the people of this island are so-called black people. Here we stayed for about thirty
days, provisioned with firewood and water, sailed northwest then turned east, and conducted whaling in the northern seas of New "Koineya."
The islanders of this place are black people who paint their faces with colors,
dye their hair white, and have gentle appearances that make it difficult to distinguish between men and women.