Full text: Japanese translation and original English
From among the records of many ships, Holmes has singled out one vessel. Watson comments on what its name might suggest. The next task was to examine the records left at other ports. Comparing dates and calls, Holmes explains in order the inquiries he made during the day and the information each supplied.
"Texas, I think."「テキサスだと思うね」
"I was not and am not sure which; but I knew that the ship must have an American origin."「どの州かは、そのときも今も確信がない。だが、その船はアメリカに由来するはずだとは分かった」
"I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque Lone Star was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty.「ダンディーの記録を調べ、八五年一月にバーク型帆船ローン・スター号がそこにいたと分かったとき、疑いは確信に変わった。
I then inquired as to the vessels which lay at present in the port of London."次に、現在ロンドン港にいる船について問い合わせた」
"The Lone Star had arrived here last week.「ローン・スター号は先週着いていた。
I went down to the Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah.アルバート・ドックへ行くと、今朝の早い潮で川を下り、サヴァンナへ帰国の途についたと分かった。
I wired to Gravesend and learned that she had passed some time ago, and as the wind is easterly I have no doubt that she is now past the Goodwins and not very far from the Isle of Wight."グレイヴズエンドへ電報を打ち、少し前に通過したと知った。東風だから、今はグッドウィン砂州を過ぎ、ワイト島からそれほど遠くない所にいるはずだ」