Paul and the sailor transferred their capture to the boat and in a short time the ugly animals were turned over to the scientific ministrations of the cook.

About ten o'clock next morning they put into a little bay, bound in by rocks and well hidden, on the shore side of the island of Pachacamac.

There they passed several days, and many fruitless attempts were made with floating torpedoes to destroy the steamer Pilcamo.

They worked only at night time and laid under the friendly shelter of the rocks during the day.
It was their custom during the daytime to explore the ruins of the ancient Inca buildings, the island having been the site of their temple and used also as a place of burial; for their strange tombs are numerous there.

One of the crew was an expert in locating those Inca tombs.
By sinking a pointed rod in the sand he could easily tell when a grave was below and after some laborious digging, the oven shaped top of the tomb was exposed.