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"Not so fast!" he interposed "Just wait a while--we'll have cattle, goats, and sheep, and the whole business in due tis undertake? For the present we'll have to be content hat un--and we're h, and contrary to all beliefs, they felt no need of salt Evidently the natural salts in their meat and in the fruits they ate supplied their wants And this was fortunate, because the quest of salt ht even had had to boil sea-water to obtain it
They felt no craving for sweets, either; but when one day they came upon a bee-tree about three-quarters of a mile back in the woods to ard of the river, and when Stern sathered five pounds of honey in the closely platted rush basket lined with leaves, which they always carried for miscellaneous treasure-trove, they found the flavor delicious They decided to add honey to theirpottery jar in their kitchen
Stern's hunting, fishing and gardening did not occupy his whole time Every day he made it a rule to work at least an hour, two if possible, on the thirty-foot yawl that had already begun to take satisfactory shape on the tih July and part of August he labored on this boat, building it stanch and true, calking it thoroughly, fitting a cabin, stepping a fir ration which he felt must inevitably be forced upon them by the arrival of cool weather
He doubted very much, in view of the see, whether even in January the te; but in any event he foresaw that there would be no fruits available, and he objected to a winter on flesh foods In preparation for the trip he had built a little "smoke-house" near the beach, and here he smoked considerable quantities of meat--deer-meat, beef fro the third week of their stay at the bungalow, and a good score of ha the beech growth half atrip, of an evening, sitting together by the river to watch the stars andblotch that now and then obscured a portion of the night sky--or perchance leaning back in their huge, rustic easy chairs lined with furs on the broad piazza; or again, if the night were cool or rainy, in front of their blazing fire of pine knots and driftwood, which burned with gorgeous blues and greens and crie fireplace