For the island of Sphacteria, stretching along in a line close in front of the harbour, at once makes it safe and narrows its entrances, leaving a passage for two ships on the side nearest Pylos and the Athenian fortifications, and for eight or nine on that next the rest of the mainland:
gure etsaia ere beldurgarriagoa izango da, erretreta errazik izango ez duelako, hartara behartzen badugu, errazago baita atzera eragiten ontziratuta dagoenean, lehorreratuta, ordea, geure baldintza beretan dagoenean baino.