<h3>美國作家Herman Melville （1819-1891）在他1851年出版的小說Moby-Dick; or, The Whale中對New Bedford有這樣的描述：The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England. It's a land of oil, true enough: but not like Canaan; a land, also, of corn and wine. The streets do not run with milk; nor in the spring-time do they pave with fresh eggs. Yet, in spite of this, nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses; parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford. </h3><h3><br /></h3><h3>一百六十多年後的今天我在這兒閒逛，體會這個在美國以及世界捕鯨史上曾經有過舉足輕重地位的小鎭的前世今生。</h3>