“Ugh!” sniffed Tom. “I guess we can take care of ourselves.”
“Besides, there isn’t anyone on the island,” added Jo.
“Better not act on that assumption,” advised the professor.
“I don’t know but what it would be a good plan,” said Jim. “We would be able to get over it more quickly if we didn’t have come back to the boat every night.”
“There is something in that,” admitted the professor, “though as far as I can see this doesn’t look like the portion of the island shown on the chart.”
“No,” admitted Jim, “but this may be the opposite end of the island.”
“That is true, too. Suppose we go down into the cabin and have another look at it?”
“Do you think it will be safe?” asked Berwick.
“Safe? Why not?”
“You know what happened to the other one,” laughed the engineer.