As soon as the Genoese had driven the Venetians to their boats, they took possession of this vessel, and, finding that she was aground, they set her on fire, thus unconsciously aiding Pisani's object, for when she had burned to the water's edge she sank.
Barberigo, with his light galleys, now arrived upon the spot, and emptied their loads of stone into the passage around the wreck.

The Genoese kept up a heavy fire with their artillery, many of the galleys were sunk, and numbers of the Venetians drowned, or killed by the shot.
Nevertheless, they worked on unflinchingly.

As soon as the pile of stones had risen sufficiently for the men to stand upon them, waist deep, they took their places upon it, and packed in order the stones that their comrades handed them, and fixed heavy chains binding the whole together.
The work was terribly severe.

The cold was bitter.

The men were badly fed, and most of them altogether unaccustomed to hardships.