Two hours' walking took them to the top of a lofty hill.

From the summit they were enabled to obtain a distant view.

The island was, they judged, some seven or eight miles across, and fully twice that length.

Several small islands lay within a few miles distant, and high land rose twenty miles off.
"This must be a large island," Ralph said.

"Do you know where we are, Jacques ?" "I have no idea whatever," the sailor said; "and I don't suppose any one on board, except the officers, has, any more than me.