text_original: At its entrance it measured about half a mile wide, but as we proceeded it gradually widened out until, at a point about eight miles inward from the lagoon, it was quite two and a half miles wide.
text_transcription: AT ITS ENTRANCE IT MEASURED ABOUT HALF A MILE WIDE BUT AS WE PROCEEDED IT GRADUALLY WIDENED OUT UNTIL AT A POINT ABOUT EIGHT MILES INWARD FROM THE LAGOON IT WAS QUITE TWO AND A HALF MILES WIDE
phonemes: æɾ ɪts ˈɛntɹəns ɪt mˈɛʒɚd ɐbˌaʊt hˈæf ɐ mˈaɪl wˈaɪd, bˌʌt æz wiː pɹəsˈiːdᵻd ɪt ɡɹˈædʒuːəli wˈaɪdənd ˈaʊt ʌntˈɪl, æɾə pˈɔɪnt ɐbˌaʊt ˈeɪt mˈaɪlz ˈɪnwɚd fɹʌmðə lɐɡˈuːn, ɪt wʌz kwˈaɪt tˈuː ænd ɐ hˈæf mˈaɪlz wˈaɪd.