My wife welcomed her with particular distinction, treating her with all the milk we had to spare; for, as she had no dairy utensils to make cheese and butter, it was best thus to dispose of our superfluity.

I promised her, on our next voyage to the ship, to procure all these necessaries.

This she could not, however, hear of, without shuddering.
The boys now lighted the fires for the night.

The dogs were tied to the roots of the tree, as a protection against invaders, and we commenced our ascent.

My three eldest sons soon ran up the ladder, my wife followed, with more deliberation, but arrived safely; my own journey was more difficult, as, besides having to carry Francis on my back, I had detached the lower part of the ladder from the roots, where it was nailed; in order to be able to draw it up during the night.