Suppose we make a signal for William and Juno, and set them
to work."
Mr. Seagrave called and waved his hat, and Juno and William came down
to them. Juno was ordered to go back for two handspikes, while Ready
explained to William what was to be done. Having stayed with them and
assisted them for some time after Juno had returned with the
implements, Mr. Seagrave and Ready proceeded to the point, to fix upon
a spot for a garden, leaving William and Juno to continue their labour.
Chapter XXV
Mr. Seagrave and Ready then continued their way along the beach, until
they arrived at the point which the latter had considered as a
convenient place to make the garden. They found a sufficiency of mould;
and as the point was narrow at its joining on to the mainland, no great
length of enclosure would be required.
"You see, sir," said Ready, "we can wait till after the rainy season is
over before we put up the fence, and we can prepare it in the meantime,
when the weather will permit us to work. The seeds and potatoes will
not come up until after the rains are finished; so all we have to do is
to dig up the ground, and put them in as fast as we can. We cannot make
a large garden this year; but our potatoes we must contrive to get in,
if we cannot manage anything else.
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