ittle use now; but the wheels and axle
will be very useful, as we can make a wide path to the place when I cut
down the trees, and wheel out the logs much more easily than we can drag
or carry them."

"That is an excellent idea. It will save a great deal of labour."

"I expect that it will, sir. William and I will go away early on Monday
morning, and be back before breakfast. To-day we will fix upon the
spots where our garden is to be, our turtle-pond to be made, and the
trees to be cut down. That shall be our business, Mr Seagrave; and
William and Juno may put things a little more to rights here."

Mr Seagrave and Ready then walked down to the beach, and, after
surveying the reefs for some time, Ready said, "You see, Mr Seagrave,
we do not want too much water for a turtle-pond, as, if it is too deep,
there is a difficulty in catching them when we want them: what we want
is a space of water surrounded by a low wall of stones, so that the
animals cannot escape, for they cannot climb up, although they can walk
on the shelving sand with their flippers. Now the reef here is high out
of the water, and the space within the reef and the beach is deep
enough, and the rocks on the beach nearly fill up that side and prevent
them crawling away by the shore. We have, therefore, little more to do
than to fill up the two other sides, and then our pond will be
complete."

"I see it will not be a long job either, if we can find loose rocks
enough," replied Mr Seagrave.

"Almost all those which are on the beach are loose," replied Ready, "and
there are plenty close to us: some of them will be too heavy to carry,
but they can be brought here by the aid of handspikes and crowbars.
Suppose we make a signal for William and Juno, and set them to work."

Mr Seagrave called and waved his hat, and Juno and William came down to
them. Juno was ordered to go back for two handspikes, while Ready
explained to William what was to be done. Having stayed with them and
assisted them for some time after Juno had returned with the implements,
Mr Seagrave and Ready proceeded to the point, to fix upon a spot for a
garden, leaving William and Juno to continue their labour.

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.

Mr Seagrave and Ready then continued their way along the beach, until
they arrived at the point which the latter had considered as a
convenient place to make the garden. They found a sufficiency of mould;
and as the point was narrow at its joini