The spot was separated from the mountain-side by a low morainic bank, rising twenty or thirty feet above sea-level.

Soon we had converted the boat into a very comfortable cabin la Peggotty, turfing it round with tussocks, which we dug up with knives.

One side of the 'James Caird' rested on stones so as to afford a low entrance, and when we had finished she looked as though she had grown there.

McCarthy entered into this work with great spirit.

A sea-elephant provided us with fuel and meat, and that evening found a well-fed and fairly contented party at rest in Peggotty Camp.
Our camp, as I have said, lay on the north side of King Haakon Bay near the head.