For several hours the Nautilus drifted in this brilliant tide, and our wonderment grew when we saw huge marine animals cavorting in it, like the fire-dwelling salamanders of myth. In the midst of these flames that didn't burn, I could see swift, elegant porpoises, the tireless pranksters of the seas, and sailfish three meters long, those shrewd heralds of hurricanes, whose fearsome broadswords sometimes banged against the lounge window.
A Nautilus órák hosszat sodródott a fényárban úszó habokban, s mi bámulva figyeltük, mint játszadoznak, szalamandrák módjára, a tündöklő vízben a nagy tengeri halak.