"That's what I call a good day's work, Mr. Seagrave," said Ready; "the
little boat has done its duty well; but we must not venture in her
again until I have put her into a little better condition."
They were not at all sorry, after their hard day's work, to find that
Juno had prepared coffee for them; and while they were drinking it,
they narrated to Mrs. Seagrave the tragically death of the poor pig by
the shark. Poor Juno appeared quite frightened at the danger which the
children had been in, even now that it was all over.
"We shall have plenty to do here to-morrow," observed Mr. Seagrave, "in
getting things into their places."
"We shall have plenty to do for some time, I expect," replied Ready.
"In two months, or thereabouts, we shall have the rainy season come on,
and we must be under cover before that time, if we possibly can."
"What's the first thing we must do, Ready?" inquired Mr. Seagrave.
"To-morrow we had better fix up another tent or two, to stow away all
the articles we have brought on shore: that will be one good day's
work; we shall then know where to lay our hands upon everything, and
see what we want."
"That's very true; and what shall we do then?"
"Why then, sir, I think we must make a little expedition to explore the
island, and find out where we must build our house.
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