I got up and went down to the shore.

The mouth of the stream was shallow, but as I moved south I came to a place where two small capes enclosed an inlet.

It must have been a fault in the volcanic rock, for its depth was portentous.

I stripped and dived far into its cold abysses, but I did not reach the bottom.

I came to the surface rather breathless, and struck out to sea, where I floated on my back and looked at the great rampart of crag.