I stood upon a height about two hundred yards from the shore, and saw this vast body descending almost to a parallel with me, at less than an English mile distance.
Zutik nengoen tontor batean itsasertzetik berrehunen bat metrora, eta gorputz izugarri hura beheratzen ari zela ikusi nuen ia nire parean jarri arte, milia ingeles batera baino hurbilago.