As for the foregrounds passing before our eyes, they were fantastically carved rocks, forests of trees that had crossed over from the vegetable kingdom into the mineral kingdom, their motionless silhouettes sprawling beneath the waves.
Les premiers plans qui passaient devant nos yeux, c'étaient des rocs découpés fantastiquement, des forêts d'arbres passés du règne végétal au règne animal, et dont l'immobile silhouette grimaçait sous les flots.