He was delighted with his new charger, and chose to give him the name of Valiant.
We had still two months before the rainy season, and this time we devoted to completing the comforts of our grotto.

We made all the partitions of wood, except those which divided us from the stables, which we built of stone, to exclude any smell from the animals.

We soon acquired skill in our works; we had a plentiful supply of beams and planks from the ship; and by practice we became very good plasterers.

We covered the floors with a sort of well-beaten mud, smoothed it, and it dried perfectly hard.

We then contrived a sort of felt carpet.