Here he put his bear meat upon this log.

The red stains show it.

Then he picked up dead and fallen wood, and broke it into the right length over the log.
You can see where he broke places in the bark at the same time.

Then he heaped them all in the little hollow, where he has left the pile of ashes.

But, before he lighted a fire, with his flint and steel, he made a wide circle all about to see if any enemy might be near.