The Call of the Southern Cross a Romance of Australia
The Call of the Southern Cross a Romance of Australia
John Sandes
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" "Shouldn't wonder if we meet the doctor again, " added Con Burke, thoughtfully. "He said that he was going to Ballarat. " Verner, who was tacitly acknowledged as the leader of the party, picked out a good, strong horse of the half-draught type from the miscellaneous collection for sale at the bazaar, and after some haggling got him for 60, each member of the party contributing his share of the purchase money. A capacious dray filled with a canvas tent was acquired in the same way, and the res...t of the day was occupied in purchasing stores flour, sugar, tea, tobacco, horse-feed, blankets, a cask of corned beef, a tent, picks, shovels, pans, a cradle, buckets, ropes, and a bush-carpenter's rough outfit. Mclvor undertook to sleep in the dray, which was to be left for the night at the horse bazaar, and it was ar- ranged that an early start should be made next morn- ing. In the evening Syd and Con strolled round the city and mixed with the jostling crowds. The streets were not lit by lamps after dark, but by a regulation of the Government every hotel-keeper was compelled to ex- hibit a light over his front door.
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