And soon the green, wooded coast of the island was falling away behind them, and its little bays and headlands were beginning to look flatter, and the boat was rising and falling in the gentle swell. The sea began to grow bigger around them and, in the distance, bluer, but close round the boat it was green and bubbly. Everything smelled salt and there was no noise except the swishing of water and the clop-clop of water against the sides and the splash of the oars and the jolting noise of the rowlocks. The sun grew hot.
不久，那被密林覆盖的绿色小岛就被他们远远地抛在了身后，小船随着海浪上下颠簸着。周围的海域越来越辽阔，向远处望去，蓝蓝的海水一望无边，近处是小船荡起的碧绿的波浪，浪花在船边翻滚。空气中充满了海水的咸味。海上安静极了，只听到海水撞击船舷和船桨拍打水面的哗哗声，以及桨架发出的嘎吱声。天气开始热了起来。