The pigeons had their abode above the hen-roosts, in some pretty baskets, which Ernest and Francis made, similar to those made by the savages of the Friendly Isles, of which they had seen engravings in Cook's Voyages.

When all was finished, my wife was delighted to think that even in the rainy season she could attend to her feathered family and collect their eggs.
"What a difference," said she, admiring the elegance of our buildings,--"what a difference between this Tent House and the original dwelling that suggested the name to us, and which was our only shelter four years ago.

What a surprising progress luxury has made with us in that time! Do you remember, my dear, the barrel which served us for a table, and the oyster-shells for spoons, the tent where we slept, crowded together on dried leaves, and without undressing, and the river half a mile off, where we were obliged to go to drink if we were thirsty?
Compared to what we were then, we are now great _lords_" "Kings, you mean, mamma," said Jack, "for all this island is ours, and it is quite like a kingdom." "And how many millions of subjects does Prince Jack reckon in the kingdom of his august father ?" said I.
Prince Jack declared he had not yet counted the parrots, kangaroos, agoutis, and monkeys.

The laughter of his brothers stopped him.

I then agreed with my wife that our luxuries had increased; but I explained to her that this was the result of our industry.