They returned to the tent and made their supper off the salt pork and
flour-cakes, and then lay down on the mattresses. They were soon fast
asleep, for they were tired out with the hard work which they had gone
through.
The next morning, at sunrise, they were up again; the first thing they
did was to go and examine the holes they had dug for water; they found
them full and running over, and the water had settled quite clear; they
tasted it, and pronounced it very good.
As soon as they had washed themselves, they went back and made their
breakfast, and then set to work to get up the other tent. They then
cleared all the ground near the tents of brushwood and high grass, and
levelled it nicely with their shovels inside.
"Now, William, we have another job, which is to prepare a fireplace for
Juno: we must go down to the beach for stones."
In another hour the fireplace was completed, and Ready and William
looked at their work.
"Well, I call this a very comfortable lodging-house," said Ready.
"And I am sure," replied William, "it's very pretty. Mamma will be
delighted with it."
"We shall have no want of bananas in a few weeks," said Ready; "look,
they are all in blossom already.
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