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Wealth in the Wilderness

           "Andnotonlythatboldexplorer,"returnedSandy,"butalsoanEnglishsoldiernamedBuckley,whodesertedatPortPhilipin1803,andwhowaswelcomedbythenatives,andlivedthirty-threeyearsamongthem."

           "Andmorerecently,"addedMichael,"oneofthelastnumbersoftheAUSTRALASIAinformsusthatacertainMorrillihasjustbeenrestoredtohiscountrymenaftersixteenyearsofslavery.Hisstoryisexactlysimilartothecaptain’s,foritwasattheverytimeofhisshipwreckinthePRUVIENNE,in1846,thathewasmadeprisonerbythenatives,anddraggedawayintotheinteriorofthecontinent.Ithereforethinkyouhavereasontohopestill."

           Theyoungsquatter’swordscausedgreatjoytohisauditors.TheycompletelycorroboratedtheopinionsofPaganelandAyrton.

           Theconversationturnedontheconvictsaftertheladieshadleftthetable.ThesquattershadheardofthecatastropheatCamdenBridge,butfeltnouneasinessabouttheescapedgang.Itwasnotastation,withmorethanahundredmenonit,thattheywoulddaretoattack.Besides,theywouldnevergointothedesertsoftheMurray,wheretheycouldfindnobooty,nornearthecoloniesofNewSouthWales,wheretheroadsweretoowellwatched.Ayrtonhadsaidthistoo.

           Glenarvancouldnotrefusetherequestofhisamiablehosts,tospendthewholedayatthestation.Itwastwelvehours’delay,butalsotwelvehours’rest,andbothhorsesandbullockswouldbethebetterforthecomfortablequarterstheywouldfindthere.

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