They perceived by the tranquillity of the sea, in which no shallows troubled the waters, by its uniform color, which was stained by no yellow shades, by the absence of even a reef, that the coast was steep and that the ocean there covered a deep abyss.
On sentait à la tranquillité de la mer, dont nul haut-fond ne troublait les eaux, à sa couleur uniforme que ne tachait aucune nuance jaunâtre, à l'absence de tout récif enfin, que cette côte était accore, et que l'Océan recouvrait là de profonds abîmes.