Another phenomenon, still more strikingly modern, was a package of lucifer matches, which, in old times, would have been thought actually to borrow their instantaneous flame from the nether fires of Tophet.

另一种更引人注目现代现象一包萤光火柴，在过去，这实际上被认为 Tophet 幽冥火中它们瞬间火焰。

Didn't you once say that whatever ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of lucifers forward?

你不说过，无论亚哈驾驶哪条船，那船就得在保险单上额外再付一笔保险费，就像船头载一桶桶火药，船尾载一箱箱火柴？