In Tasmans Land Gleams And Dreams of the Great North West
In Tasmans Land Gleams And Dreams of the Great North West
James Stirling
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Instead of Melbourne, he would naturally, relying upon Bret Harte's descriptions of the fashions in vogue at Poker Flat and Roaring Camp, have added to his Melbourne costume a belt containing a bowie and a brace of shooting irons. But, alas! he would find that the picturesque attire of old-time miners has passed away, and that their camps have become respectable, not to say luxurious. The average resi- dent of Zeehan may wear a " bluey " and a stout pair of leggings over the prosaic details of ...his unroman- tic suit of tweed, but he invariably discards even these accessories indoors, and he usually so far forgets What is due to the romance of mining as to wash his hands before dinner. There may be room for 34 IN TASMAN'S LAND. grumbling at the fall in the price of silver-lead, which causes the stream of commerce in Zeehan to flow with a slight diminution of its former exuber- ant velocity; but the traveller can still be sure of com- fortable quarters and also of finding plenty to in- terest him, as he takes his walks abroad.
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