Seagrave wanted Juno to help her to wash
the linen that afternoon, it was agreed that William, Ready, and Mr.
Seagrave should all go down to the garden, and put in the potatoes.
Ready worked with the spade, while Mr. Seagrave and William cut the
potatoes in pieces, so as to have an eye in each piece. When they had
finished this work, Mr. Seagrave said - "Now that we have finished
cutting the potatoes, let us go and assist Ready in planting them and
the seeds which we have brought down with us."
Chapter XXVIII
That night Ready sat up for two or three hours working by candle-light
(William keeping him company), very busily engaged fitting up the
fishing-lines with leads and hooks. At last two were complete.
"What bait must we use, Ready?"
"I should think that the best would be one of the fish out of the
shells which are in the sand; but a piece of pork fat will, I dare say,
do as well."
"And whereabouts would you fish, Ready?"
"The best place, I should think, would be at the farthermost end of the
point, where I got the boat through the reef - the water is deep there
close to the rocks."
"I was thinking, Ready, if those gannets and men-of-war birds would be
good eating.
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