Дети капитана Гранта

Wealth in the Wilderness

           IVVernemidstoftheunfrequenteddistrictsoftheMurray.Itoccupiedalongwidespaceoffiveleaguesinextent,lyingbetweentheBuffaloRangesandMountHottam.Atthetwoanglesnorthofthisvastquadrilateral,MountAberdeenroseontheleft,andthepeaksofHighBarvenontheright.Winding,beautifulstreamswerenotwanting,thankstothecreeksandaffluentsoftheOven’sRiver,whichthrowsitselfatthenorthintothebedoftheMurray.Consequentlytheywereequallysuccessfulincattlebreedingandfarming.Tenthousandacresofground,admirablycultivated,producedharvestsofnativeproductionsandexotics,andseveralmillionsofanimalsfattenedinthefertilepastures.TheproductsofHottamStationfetchedtheveryhighestpriceinthemarketsofCastlemaineandMelbourne.

           MichaelandSandyPattersonhadjustconcludedthesedetailsoftheirbusylife,whentheirdwellingcameinsight,attheextremityoftheavenueoftheoaks.

           Itwasacharminghouse,builtofwoodandbrick,hiddeningrovesofemerophilis.Nothingatall,however,belongingtoastationwasvisibleneithersheds,norstables,norcart-houses.Alltheseout-buildings,aperfectvillage,comprisingmorethantwentyhutsandhouses,wereaboutaquarterofamileoffintheheartofalittlevalley.Electriccommunicationwasestablishedbetweenthisvillageandthemaster’shouse,which,farremovedfromallnoise,seemedburiedinaforestofexotictrees.

           AtSandyPatterson’sbidding,asumptuousbreakfastwasservedinlessthanaquarterofanhour.

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