My anxiety kept me awake till near morning, when, after a short sleep, I rose, and we were soon all at work.

My wife, after milking the cow and goats, harnessed the cow and ass, and set out to search for drift-wood for our use.

In the mean time, I mounted the ladder with Fritz, and we set to work stoutly, with axe and saw, to rid ourselves of all useless branches.

Some, about six feet above our foundation, I left, to suspend our hammocks from, and others, a little higher, to support the roof, which, at present, was to be merely sailcloth.

My wife succeeded in collecting us some boards and planks, which, with her assistance, and the aid of the pulley, we hoisted up.