Page 16 - Pliny Translation

hoc certamine puer quidam audentior ceteris in ulteriora tendebat.

In this competition, a certain boy more daring than the rest was making his way into the further parts (of the sea).

delphinus occurrit, et nunc praecedere puerum nunc sequi nunc circumire,

A dolphin met him and now went in front of the boy, now followed him, now circled him (and)

postremo subire deponere iterum subire,

finally went under him[i.e.picked him up], put him down and then went under him again,

trepidantemque perferre primum in altum, mox flectit ad litus, redditque terrae et aequalibus.

And carried the frightened boy first out to the deep water, soon turned towards the shore and returned him to land and his peers.