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ous of my being attacked by somebody, I resolved to make
very thick and strong.
N.B. - This wall being described before, I purposely omit
what was said in the journal; it is sufficient to observe, that I
was no less time than from the 2nd of January to the 14th of
April working, finishing, and perfecting this wall, though
it was no more than about twenty-four yards in length, be-
ing a half-circle from one place in the rock to another place,
about eight yards from it, the door of the cave being in the
centre behind it.
All this time I worked very hard, the rains hindering me
many days, nay, sometimes weeks together; but I thought I
should never be perfectly secure till this wall was finished;
and it is scarce credible what inexpressible labour every-
thing was done with, especially the bringing piles out of the
woods and driving them into the ground; for I made them
much bigger than I needed to have done.
When this wall was finished, and the outside double
fenced, with a turf wall raised up close to it, I perceived
myself that if any people were to come on shore there, they
would not perceive anything like a habitation; and it was
very well I did so, as may be observed hereafter, upon a very
remarkable occasion.
During this time I made my rounds in the woods for
game every day when the rain permitted me, and made fre-
quent discoveries in these walks of something or other to
my advantage; particularly, I found a kind of wild pigeons,
which build, not as wood-pigeons in a tree, but rather as
house-pigeons, in the holes of the rocks; and taking some