ass, and set off to find our way back to The Nest.

"Each day brings us fresh wealth," said my wife; "but I think we might
now try to add to our goods." I knew that she had some fear lest we
should one day get lost in the woods, or meet with wild beasts, so I at
once said that we would now stay at home, at least for some days.

My first work was to make some wax lights, for my wife could then mend
our clothes at night, while we sat down to talk. This done, the next
task they gave me was to make a churn. I took a large gourd, made a
small hole in the side, and cut out as much as I could, so as to leave
but the rind. In this I put the cream, laid a piece on the hole, and
bound it up so that none could come out. The boys then held a cloth,
and on it I put the gourd, which they rolled from side to side. They
kept up this game with great mirth for near an hour, when my wife took
off the string, and found that the churn had done its work well.

As our sledge was not fit to use on rough roads, my next work was to
make a cart. I had brought a pair of wheels from the wreck, so that my
task did not prove a hard one.

While I was thus at work, my wife and the boys took some of the fruit
trees we had brought with us, and put them in the ground where they
thought they would grow best. On each side of the path that led from
The Nest to the Boy's Bridge they put a row of young nut trees. To make
the path hard we laid down sand from the sea shore, and then beat it
down with our spades.

We were for six weeks at this and such like work. We were loth to spare
any pains to make The Nest, and all that could be seen near it, look