A few pieces of timber alone remained; the others had fallen in with their frames. Behind, enormous cavities had been hollowed out, and the yellow sand, as fine as flour, was flowing in considerable masses; while the waters of the Torrent, that subterranean sea with its unknown tempests and shipwrecks, were discharging in a flow like a weir.
Quelques pieces de bois restaient seules, les autres s'étaient effondrées avec leurs cadres; derriere, d'énormes cavités se creusaient, les sables jaunes, d'une finesse de farine, coulaient par masses considérables; tandis que les eaux du Torrent, de cette mer souterraine aux tempetes et aux naufrages ignorés, s'épanchaient en un dégorgement d'écluse.