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Helpless and Hopeless

           ItwouldbethreedaysbeforehecouldreachDelegete,andfivetheshorethatistosay,the26thofJanuary.Now,astheDuncanhadleftMelbourneonthe16th,whatdifferencewouldafewdays’delaymake?

           "No,myfriend,"hesaid,"Iwillnotleaveanyonebehind.Wewillmakealitterandcarryyouinturn."

           Thelitterwasmadeofboughsofeucalyptuscoveredwithbranches;and,whetherhewouldornot,Mulradywasobligedtotakehisplaceonit.Glenarvanwouldbethefirsttocarryhissailor.HetookholdofoneendandWilsonoftheother,andallsetoff.

           Whatasadspectacle,andhowlamentablywasthisexpeditiontoendwhichhadcommencedsowell.TheywerenolongerinsearchofHarryGrant.Thiscontinent,wherehewasnot,andneverhadbeen,threatenedtoprovefataltothosewhosoughthim.Andwhentheseintrepidcountrymenofhisshouldreachtheshore,theywouldfindtheDuncanwaitingtotakethemhomeagain.Thefirstdaypassedsilentlyandpainfully.Everytenminutesthelitterchangedbearers.Allthesailor’scomradestooktheirshareinthistaskwithoutmurmuring,thoughthefatiguewasaugmentedbythegreatheat.

           Intheevening,afterajourneyofonlyfivemiles,theycampedunderthegum-trees.Thesmallstoreofprovisionssavedfromtheraftcomposedtheeveningmeal.ButalltheyhadtodependuponnowwastheMajor’scarbine.

           Itwasadark,rainynight,andmorningseemedasifitwouldneverdawn.Theysetoffagain,buttheMajorcouldnotfindachanceoffiringashot.

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