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."

"Not very, William; they are very tough and very fishy: we must try for
those when we can get nothing better. Now that we have got in the seeds
and potatoes, we must all set to to-morrow morning to fell and carry
the timber. I think Mr. Seagrave had better use the axe with me; and
you and Juno can, when I have shown you how, hang the timber to the