“That is certainly an apt explanation. Ah, what is that?”
Roger pointed to a long, low line upon the horizon.
Frank picked up his glass.
He studied the line a moment.
Then he lowered the glass.
“It is land!” he said.
The interest of all was at once aroused.
That land was in sight there was no doubt. The voyagers felt much as Columbus must have when he discovered the New World.
They were the discoverers of a new continent.
They were the only known white men who had ever sailed these waters.