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`` Look farther ... spread out , '' the sonic clicked . Within a matter of minutes the dolphins reported new remains -- two more saucers , each larger than the first , set in a line on the ocean floor , pointing directly to Karara 's Finger Island . Cautiously explored , these were discovered to be free of any but harmless life ; they stirred up no more dragons . When the Terrans came ashore on Finger Island to rest and eat their midday meal one of the men paced along the beached dragon . Ashore it lost none of its frightening aspect . And seeing it , even beached and dead , Ross wondered at his luck in surviving the encounter without a scratch . `` I think that this one would be alone , '' PaKeeKee commented .