“Bring out the diving suit, Barney. I must make an examination.”
“Do you think she can be got off, Frank?” asked Stanhope.
“I cannot say yet.”
Barney hastened to bring up the diving suit. Frank put it on and then tied a rope around his waist.
By means of this he was lowered down into the water.
To the bottom he went, and at a point where he could see the position of the Dolphin well.
He carried a strong electric light in his helmet. With this he could see all objects about quite plain.
He carefully examined the position of the boat.
He saw that she rested upon a section of the jagged reef. The sharp rocks had punctured her outer shell near the bow, and she was held as in a vise.
Frank at once saw the futility of trying to draw her off.