That, now, is what old Bowditch in his Epitome calls the zodiac, and what my almanack below calls ditto.

那么，这就是那奇老头在他《概论》里管它叫黄道东西吧，放在舱里历书上也是这么叫。

I'll get the almanack; and as I have heard devils can be raised with Daboll's arithmetic, I'll try my hand at raising a meaning out of these queer curvicues here with the Massachusetts calendar.

要去把历书拿来，因说能用达博尔数学推算出魔鬼，要用马萨诸塞历书来试试手，推算推算这些弯弯曲曲古怪记号意思。