Mr. Seagrave and Ready cut down the trees and
slung them to the axle, and Juno and William dragged them to the spot
where the house was to be built.
They were not sorry when dinner was ready, for it was very hard work.
That night, tired as they were, Ready and William went out, and turned
eight more turtle. They continued felling the cocoa-nut trees and
dragging the timber for the remainder of the week, when they considered
that they had nearly enough, and on Tuesday morning they commenced
building the house.
Chapter XXIX
Ready had cut out and prepared the door-posts and window-frames from
timber which he had towed round from the cove. He now fixed four poles
in the earth upright at each corner, and then, with the assistance of
Mr. Seagrave, notched every log of cocoa-nut wood on both sides, where
it was to meet with the one crossing it, so that, by laying log upon
log alternately, they fitted pretty close, and had only to have the
chinks between them filled in with cocoa-nut leaves twisted very tight,
and forced between them: this was the work of William and Juno when no
more logs were ready for carrying; and, by degrees, the house rose up
from its foundation.
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