From time to time the castaways stopped and shouted, then listened for some response from the ocean, for they thought that if the engineer had landed, and they had been near to the place, they would have heard the barking of the dog Top, even should Harding himself have been unable to give any sign of existence.
Úgy gondolták, ha csakugyan annak a helynek a közelében járnak, ahol a mérnök partot ért, Top ugatását mindenképpen meghallják, még ha Cyrus Smith történetesen nem is tud életjelet adni magáról.