assistance of two of you, if not of all. Now I think of it, I must
return to the cove."

"What for?"

"Don't you recollect, sir, your two-wheeled carriage, packed up in
matting, which was thrown on shore in the gale? You laughed when you
saw it, and said it would be of little use now; but the wheels and axle
will he very useful, as we can make a wide path to the place when I cut
down the trees, and wheel out the logs much more easily than we can
drag or carry them."

"That is an excellent idea. It will save a great deal of labour."

"I expect that it will, sir. William and I will go away early on Monday
morning, and be back before breakfast. To-day we will fix upon the
spots where our garden is to be, our turtle-pond to be made, and the
trees to be cut down. That shall be our business, Mr. Seagrave; and
William and Juno may put things a little more to rights here."

Mr. Seagrave and Ready then walked down to the beach, and, after
surveying the reefs for some time, Ready said, "You see, Mr. Seagrave,
we do not want too much water for a turtle-pond, as, if it is too deep,
there is a difficulty in catching them when we want them: what we want
is a space of water surrounded by a low wall of stones, so that the
animals cannot escape, for they cannot climb up, although they can walk
on the shelving sand with their flippers. Now the reef here is high out
of the water, and the space within the reef and the beach is deep
enough, and the rocks on the beach nearly fill up that side and prevent
them crawling away by the shore. We have, therefore, little more to do