Now and then he caught glimpses of little villages down at the water's edge, houses like white crumbs of bread, specks that were the heads of people swimming near the shore.
Noizbehinka herri txikiak begiztatzen zituen han behean itsas ondoan, ogi papur txuriak ziruditen etxeak, eta beste tanto batzuk, ertzetik gertu igeri zebilen jendearen buruak.