They were very quickly equipped for the expedition; armed with axes and saws and such tools as were deemed necessary, they left the Dart.
It was an easy matter to climb over the kelp-strewn rocks until the sunken vessel was reached.
It lay half upon its side, and its port rail was nearly on a level with a drift of hard, white sand.
This made it an easy matter for the explorers to reach the deck.
They simply walked up the sandy slope and climbed over the rail.
In the glare of the electric light, the deck was seen to be in a state of wild disorder.
Rotting spars and heaps of debris covered it from stem to stern.
It was easy to see that the vessel had passed through a terrible experience at sea.
The storm which sent it to the bottom must have been a fearful one.
It required no further examination to satisfy the party that this was not the treasure ship.