"However, I'll have the suits
made ready. I'll send Koku with you, and I'll stay in this time.
Mr. Damon, do you want to go out?"
"Not this time, Tom," answered the eccentric man. "My heart
action isn't what it used to be. The doctor said I mustn't strain
it. At a depth not quite so great I may take a chance."
"How about you, Mr. Hardley?" asked Tom. "Do you want to put on
one of my portable diving suits and walk around on the bottom of
the sea?"
"I--I don't believe I've had enough experience," was the
hesitating answer. "I'll watch the others first."
Tom felt that it would be this way, but he said nothing. He
ordered the diving suits made ready, a special size having been
built for the giant, and soon preparations were under way for the
two to step outside the craft.
Those who have read of Tom Swift's submarine boat know how his
special diving outfit was operated. Instead of the diver being
supplied with the air through a hose connected with a pump on the
surface, there was attached to the suit a tank of compressed air,
which was supplied as needed through special reducing valves.
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