There was a large hole on her starboard side, just above the water line and many of her upper guns were missing.
"This is queer," said Andy, as they gazed at the wreck. "What do you make her out to be?"
"A French ship-of-the-line. See, there is the name, Bordeaux, on her bow. Do you know what I think?"
"That she has been through a battle?"
"Yes, but not with other ships."
"I don't understand, Oscar."
"I think she has been through a battle with that earthquake and got the worst of it."
"By Jove! Perhaps you are right!"
"I'm going to see if anybody is on board."
Oscar set up a yell through a trumpet, and then, to increase the sound of his voice, added an electric attachment which magnified the voice fiftyfold.