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A Warning

           Notasingleshepherdonhorsebackgatheredhisnumerousflockstogetheratcloseofday,withouthavingacarbineslungfromhissaddle.

           TheoutrageatCamdenBridgewasthereasonforallthis,andmanyacolonistfastenedhimselfinwithboltsandbarsnowatdusk,whousedtosleepwithopendoorsandwindows.

           TheGovernmentitselfdisplayedzealandprudence,especiallyinthePost-officedepartment.Onthisveryday,justasGlenarvanandhispartywereontheirwayfromKilmoretoHeathcote,themaildashedbyatfullspeed;butthoughthehorseswereatagallop,Glenarvancaughtsightoftheglitteringweaponsofthemountedpolicethatrodebyitsside,astheysweptpastinacloudofdust.Thetravelersmighthavefanciedthemselvesbackinthoselawlesstimeswhenthediscoveryofthefirstgold-fieldsdelugedtheAustraliancontinentwiththescumofEurope.

           AmilebeyondtheroadtoKilmore,thewagon,forthefirsttimesinceleavingCapeBernouilli,struckintooneofthoseforestsofgigantictreeswhichextendoverasuper-ficesofseveraldegrees.Acryofadmirationescapedthetravelersatthesightoftheeucalyptustrees,twohundredfeethigh,withtoughbarkfiveinchesthick.Thetrunks,measuringtwentyfeetround,andfurrowedwithfoamystreaksofanodorousresin,roseonehundredandfiftyfeetabovethesoil.Notabranch,notatwig,notastrayshoot,notevenaknot,spoilttheregularityoftheiroutline.Theycouldnothavecomeoutsmootherfromthehandsofaturner.

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