Large piles of provisions were stored in the building, and great jars of water placed there.
"Are you sure," Ned asked the governor one evening, "of the natives here?
For I own that there appears to me to be a sullen defiance in their manner, and I should not be surprised to see them turn upon us, immediately those from the other island arrive.

If they did so, of course our position at the top of the road would be untenable, as they would take us in the rear.

However, if they do so, I doubt not that we shall be able to cut our way back to the castle, without difficulty.
"I think that it would be, in any case, advisable to leave at least ten men to hold the castle, while the rest of us oppose the landing." There were in store four small culverins and several light wall pieces.

Two of the culverins were placed on the cliff, one at each side of the path, so as to command the landing.

Two others were placed on the roof of the castle, which was flat and terraced.