As I did not know where to meet with them, I proceeded with Francis on the ass to commence his favourite work.

I drew my plan on the ground first.

At the distance of twelve feet from the rock which formed the front of our house, I marked a straight line of fifty feet, which I divided into ten spaces of five feet each for my colonnade; the two ends were to be reserved for the two pavilions my sons wished to build.

I was busy in my calculations, and Francis placing stakes in the places where I wished to dig, when the cart drove up with our two good labourers.

They had, as I expected, found the evening before a species of pine, well adapted for their pipes.