CHAPTER XXVI
EXPLORING A TROPICAL ISLAND
The night to follow was an anxious one for all on board the Stormy Petrel. The sea was still too rough to think of venturing ashore, and so it was impossible to learn to what harbor they had floated and what was the prospect of continuing their voyage to Sobago Island.
"We must be at least two hundred miles out of our reckoning," said Captain Marshall, in reply to a question from Phil. "This may be Tapley Island, but I am not sure."
"Is Tapley Island inhabited?"
"I am not sure about that, either. There was once a colony there, but I think it died out. The natives on the other islands around here are very fierce."
"Then I hope we haven't landed on one of the other islands," remarked Dave.
"If we came over a reef, how are we to get out of this harbor?" questioned Roger.
"That remains to be learned, Roger," answered the master of the Stormy Petrel, gravely.
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