Light had come, and we rejoiced and were exceeding glad.
Now we saw before us, far beyond the black precipices, a broad bay with sloping shores, and a wide beach which seemed like a beach of sand.

The surf broke here, but beyond the surf was the gentle sandy declivity, and beyond this there appeared the shores, still rocky and barren and desolate, but far preferable to what we had left behind.
Far away in the interior arose lofty mountains and volcanoes, while behind us flamed the burning peak which we had passed.
Here the athaleb wheeled in long, circuitous flights, which grew lower and lower, until at length he descended upon the sandy beach, where I saw a vast sea-monster lying dead.

It had evidently been thrown up here by the sea.

It was like one of those monsters which I had seen from the galley of the Kohen at the time of the sacred hunt.

By this the athaleb descended, and at once began to devour it, tearing out vast masses of flesh, and exhibiting such voracity and strength of jaw that I could scarcely bear to look upon the sight.