9/13 "And lots of tropical fruit--cocoanuts, bananas, and the like." "If we are going to live on the ship, we'll have to bring fresh water over from the other island in a cask," said Dick. "That will not be very handy." "Can't we move the wreck over ?" came from Tom. "She is here to stay until her timbers rot. But if we wish, we can move some of the provisions ashore. There are the parts of a rowboat below, and I reckon I am carpenter enough to put the parts together in a day or two." "We have a boat on the north beach," said old Jerry; "we can bring it around." "To do that, we'll have to swim the channel again," came from Dick. |