ف َأخَذُوا قِياسَ عُمقِ الماءِ فَوَجَدُوا أنَّهُ نَحوَ عِشرِينَ قامَةً، وَبَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ قاسُوهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، فَوَجَدُوهُ نَحوَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ قامَةً.
and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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