"About how far off, captain ?" "Not more than two hundred miles." "But how can we go two hundred miles ?" asked Mr.Tarbill.
"In the small boat--my gig--to be sure.

We have sufficient provisions for twice that journey, and the boat is large enough." "I'll never venture to sea in a small boat!" declared the nervous passenger.
The others paid little attention to him, being too much interested in what the captain had to say about the other island.

He had never been there, but he had heard of it.

It was inhabited by a tribe of friendly natives.
"Shall we start soon ?" asked Mr.Carr.
"I think we'll wait a week or two and see what turns up here.

We are very comfortable, and I don't want to undertake the voyage in the small boat if there is any chance of a ship taking us off from here." The thought that they were not so very far from an island, where the chances of rescue were most excellent, put every one in good humor, save Mr.Tarbill.