As time wore on, even Mr Brand began to talk of the possibility of building a canoe in which we might endeavour to get away.  One great difficulty seemed to be that of carrying a sufficient quantity of water and fuel with which to cook our food.  Of provisions we had an ample supply.  Jerry proposed filling all the cocoa-nuts we could collect with water.  The idea did not seem a bad one; but the first thing to be done was to get our canoe built.