At that instant the ship stopped sinking and brought up with a bump.
"I should say we were at the end of this part of our journey," finished the inventor.
He turned off the cabin lights and lighted the search lamps that threw a gleam so the water could be looked at from the bull's-eyes windows. The sight that met their gaze was an astonishing one.
They were in the midst of a graveyard of wrecked ships, and, on every side, scattered over the ocean bed, were the broken hulks that had once been stately vessels.
CHAPTER XXV
CAUGHT BY SEA SUCKERS
"What sort of a place is this?" asked Andy, as he gazed at the last resting spot of the big ships.
"They have probably drifted here with the ocean currents, become caught in the ice and have remained here hundreds of years," said Mr. Henderson. "Some of the ships are very old, and, by their build must have sailed the waters centuries ago."
"Maybe some of them are treasure ships," suggested Jack.