Plutarch, who has seen and handled many of them, thinks it is the bones of some fish which she joins and binds together, interlacing them, some lengthwise and others across, and adding ribs and hoops in such manner that she forms at last a round vessel fit to launch;
Plutarkok, anitz ikusi eta eskuztatu baititu, uste du iratxikitzen eta, estekatuz, lotzen dituen arrain baten hezurrak direla, batzuk luzara, besteak barrenara, bihurguneak eta biribiltzeak gehituz, halako moldez non azkenean moldatzen baitu ontzi biribil bat itsasoz ibiltzeko prest;