read, &amp;n, plates );

               for ( i = 0; i &lt; nread; i++ )
               {
                  plix = start + i;

                  /.
                  Read the vertices of the current plate.
                  ./
                  for ( j = 0;  j &lt; 3;  j++ )
                  {         
                     <b>dskv02_c</b> ( handle, &amp;dladsc, plates[i][j],  
                                1,      &amp;nvtx,   
                                ( SpiceDouble(*)[3] )(verts[j])  );
         