But soon the Nautilus hugged the eastern shore where these tree forms appeared in all their glory. This was off the coast of Tihama, and there such zoophyte displays not only flourished below sea level but they also fashioned picturesque networks that unreeled as high as ten fathoms above it; the latter were more whimsical but less colorful than the former, which kept their bloom thanks to the moist vitality of the waters.
Páratlanul szép látvány tárult elénk, amint az afrikai partot szegélyező sziklazátonyok és vulkanikus képződmények előtt elhaladtunk. De a legszebb korallbokrok akkor tűntek fel, amidőn a Nautilus az arábiai part felé fordult.