They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; a little further on they sounded again and found fifteen.
In context
26We are bound to run aground on some island.” 27On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic, about midnight the sailors sensed that land was near. 28They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; a little further on they sounded again and found fifteen. 29Afraid that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight. 30The sailors were trying to escape from the ship. They had lowered the boat into the sea on the pretext of laying out anchors from the bow,
