Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1861 - 162 páginas |
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... sufficient for the number of men he purposes leaving in charge of his stock ; and hither he makes periodical journeys , more or less frequently , as circumstances render necessary . The requisite supplies are sent by means of bullock ...
... sufficient for the number of men he purposes leaving in charge of his stock ; and hither he makes periodical journeys , more or less frequently , as circumstances render necessary . The requisite supplies are sent by means of bullock ...
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... sufficient to occupy the whole of it , to the exclusion of his disappointed companions , who discovered too late that his illness had only been what the blacks would have called " plenty too much gammon . " It is upon such occasions as ...
... sufficient to occupy the whole of it , to the exclusion of his disappointed companions , who discovered too late that his illness had only been what the blacks would have called " plenty too much gammon . " It is upon such occasions as ...
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... sufficient , and receiving the balance . They are apt to consider this a highly prudent plan , as it prevents the possibility of their pockets being rifled by their companions while they are in a happy state of unconsciousness ; but ...
... sufficient , and receiving the balance . They are apt to consider this a highly prudent plan , as it prevents the possibility of their pockets being rifled by their companions while they are in a happy state of unconsciousness ; but ...
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... sufficient to enable them to become stockowners on their own account . Thus , were the habits of the working classes more temperate , labour would be far dearer and scarcer than it is , for no steady or sober man need pass many years of ...
... sufficient to enable them to become stockowners on their own account . Thus , were the habits of the working classes more temperate , labour would be far dearer and scarcer than it is , for no steady or sober man need pass many years of ...
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... sufficient for a tolerable garrison . It sometimes happens that matters are in this thoroughly defensive state , and the settler , chuckling over his precautions , is perhaps finishing his last cup of hyson , when he suddenly finds ...
... sufficient for a tolerable garrison . It sometimes happens that matters are in this thoroughly defensive state , and the settler , chuckling over his precautions , is perhaps finishing his last cup of hyson , when he suddenly finds ...
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