Responsa for Yevamot 241:16

אי הכי מים שיש להם סוף נמי ליחוש למחילה של דגים במים שיש להם סוף מחילה של דגים לא שכיחא

his wife is forbidden [to marry again].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the man might have been rescued on another shore which was not visible from the point where the drowning occurred. ');">²⁸</span> What is to be understood by 'has [a visible] end'? — Abaye replied: [An area all the boundaries of which] a person standing [on the edge] is able to see in all directions.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'four winds'. A person observing a drowning accident would not depart as long as there was any hope of rescue, and, as all the shores were visible and no rescue was observed, it may be regarded as a certainty that the drowned man was dead, and his wife may, therefore, be permitted to marry again. ');">²⁹</span>

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