"I believe that other island is to the westward of this," said the captain. "But it's too far off to be located with the naked eye."
"I don't see anything of the Swallow, or of any other ship," came from Dave, after he had gazed around for several minutes.
"The ship is probably in the vicinity of that other island."
From the top of the hill they could see that the island was uninhabited. Whether or not any wild beasts outside of the gorilla were located there they could not determine.
"I hope we don't have to stay here too long," remarked the young diver, as they started back for the spot where they had left Bob and Stoodles.
"We'll have to stay until we find the ship."
Halfway down the side of the hill Captain Broadbeam gave a sudden leap into the air.
"Look out!" he screamed.
"What's the matter?" queried Dave.
"Spiders! As big as your hand!"