The sailors went back to their sculling, and the coxswain steered the longboat toward the floating barrel. We fished up the harpoon, and the skiff started off in pursuit of the animal. ###>Les matelots se remirent à nager, et le patron dirigea l'embarcation vers le baril flottant. Le harpon repêché, le canot se mit à la poursuite de l'animal.