Mais ce plateau élevé ne mesurait que quelques toises, et bientôt nous fûmes rentrés dans notre élément.
But this lofty plateau measured only a few fathoms, and soon we reentered Our Element.
Une heure plus tard, nous avions fait mille toises environ et descendu deux mille pieds.
An hour later, we had covered about a mile and a quarter and gone down about two thousand feet.
Le monstre, immergé à quelques toises de la surface des eaux, projetait cet éclat très intense, mais inexplicable, que mentionnaient les rapports de plusieurs capitaines.
Submerged some fathoms below the surface of the water, the monster gave off that very intense but inexplicable glow that several captains had mentioned in their reports.
Tu me toises depuis mon arrivée.
You've been eyeing me since you walked in.
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