"If we do we may go down or be laid up for a long while for repairs.

These waters are fairly well charted, but there is still a great deal to be learned about them.

From time to time they have had earthquakes down here, and volcano eruptions, and the bottom is constantly shifting." On the second night out from Nassau, Sam, for some reason, could not sleep.

He tumbled and tossed in his berth for two hours, and then, feeling that some fresh air might do him good, dressed in part and went on deck.
It was not a very clear night, and but few stars shone in the firmament.

In the darkness the lad walked first to one side of the steam yacht and then to the other.