There they devoted the day to further preparations for a long journey.

As game was close at hand in such abundance, they shot two deer and took the meat on board.

They also undertook to provide shelter, as this was the period of the spring rains and they did not wish to be drenched or have their stores damaged.
Fortunately they found a tarpaulin in one of the lockers and, taking this and the two deerskins, they united all in a larger covering which they could spread over nearly the whole boat.

This all considered a highly important task, and they meant to enlarge the tarpaulin still more as they killed more deer.

Meanwhile they let it lie in the sun, in order that the deerskins might dry.
Their tasks occupied them until about 10 o'clock at night and then they decided to start again, thinking that night traveling would be safer for a day or two.