In the summer of 1833, Edward Forbes set sail from his home on the Isle of Man for Norway, where he and a friend intended to do some "botanizing" and rock-collecting. Years later he would become known as the father of deep-sea biology; but then, he was just a budding naturalist, 18 years of age, loose of limb, long of hair, and very eager. In Bergen, Forbes checked into a rooming house and found that he did not even need to go outside to start exploring [(1), p. viii]: Amongst my Bergen treasures I especially value a quantity of sand, which I found in a spitting box in my lodgings. As yet I have only examined a small portion; but I expect many minute curiosities in the shell way from it. Several species hitherto only found in Britain have rewarded my search already.
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机译：1833年夏天，爱德华·福布斯（Edward Forbes）从他的家在马恩岛（Isle of Man）启航前往挪威，他和一个朋友打算在那里进行“植物园化”和岩石收集。多年后，他成为深海生物学之父。但是那时，他只是个崭露头角的博物学家，年仅18岁，四肢松散，长发，而且非常渴望。在《卑尔根》中，福布斯检查了一间屋子，发现他甚至不需要出门就可以开始探索[（1），p。2]。 viii]：在卑尔根的宝藏中，我特别珍惜一定数量的沙子，这些沙子是我在住所的随地吐痰盒中发现的。到目前为止，我只检查了一小部分。但是我希望从外壳中获得许多细微的好奇心。迄今为止仅在英国发现的几种物种已经对我的搜索有所帮助。
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