Brand shrugged his shoulders.
"Hark!" he suddenly screamed, as the night shadows gathered, "I fancied I heard a gurgling sound!"
Neither of the rest had heard anything.
"P'raps it was the wash of the waves against the rock," said Brand.
Next morning the whole party rose after a slight rest—the men having stood watch—to perceive that the water had risen nearly to the top of the first rock.
"The rock will soon be flooded," remarked Harry.
"Ay, ay, so I'm afraid," said Turk. "We had better try to make the raft stronger."
Unfortunately, the men having no rope with them, succeeded but poorly.
"Truth is," said Turk, aside to his friend, "I wouldn't trust ourselves two days on them planks!"