Light and air
were to be admitted, so we hewed a row of windows in the rock, where we
fitted the window-cases we had brought from the officers' cabins.
We brought the door, too, from Falconhurst, and fitted it in the
aperture we had made. The opening in the trunk of the tree I
determined to conceal with bark, as less likely to attract the notice
of wild beasts or savages should they approach during our absence.
The cave itself we divided into four parts: in front, a large
compartment into which the door opened, subdivided into our sitting,
eating and sleeping apartments; the right-hand division, containing our
kitchen and workshop, and the left our stables; behind all this, in the
dark recess of the cave, was our storehouse and powder-magazine.
Having already undergone one rainy reason, we knew well its
discomforts, and thought of many useful arrangements in the laying-out
of our dwelling. We did not intend to be again smoke-dried; we,
therefore, contrived a properly built fireplace and chimney; our stable
arrangements, too, were better, and plenty of space was left in our
workshop that we should not be hampered in even the most extensive
operations.
Our frequent residence at Tentholm revealed to us several important
advantages which we had not foreseen.
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