After a little consultation with Mr. Seagrave, Ready marked out a
square of cocoa-nut trees surrounding the storehouse, so as to leave a
space within them of about twenty yards each side, which they
considered large enough for the inclosure. These cocoa-nut trees were
to serve as the posts between which were to be fixed other cocoa-nut
trees cut down, and about fourteen feet high, so as to form a palisade
or stockade, which could not be climbed over, and would protect them
from any attack of the savages.
As soon as the line of trees had been marked out, they set to work
cutting down all the trees within the line, and then outside to a
distance of ten yards, so as to give them room for their work. Ready
cut out cross-pieces, to nail from tree to tree, and now they found the
advantage of having saved so many of the large spike nails, without
which they never could have made so good or so quick a job of it. Mr.
Seagrave cut down trees, William and Juno sawed them off at a proper
length with one of the cross-cut saws, and then carried them to Ready.
They soon had more cut out than be could use, and then they dragged
away the tops and branches, and piled them at a distance on the ground,
to use as winter fuel, while Mr.
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