. Mutton birds and other birds . ^where spreading stainsof damp marked the rough weatherboarding ofthe walls, and from each rusty nail had run a. _i AND OTHER BIRDS 115 little stream of hematite. Scraps of informationas to routes and destination were pencilledprominently; and everywhere were scribbled thesignatures and initials of tourists, who would notwillingly let their great names die. A frying pan, a kerosene tin, a couple of pots,were our culinary equipment, and our washingup was done in a large, chipped enamelled roof of our living whare was of iron, and atnight it was delightf
. Mutton birds and other birds . ^where spreading stainsof damp marked the rough weatherboarding ofthe walls, and from each rusty nail had run a. _i AND OTHER BIRDS 115 little stream of hematite. Scraps of informationas to routes and destination were pencilledprominently; and everywhere were scribbled thesignatures and initials of tourists, who would notwillingly let their great names die. A frying pan, a kerosene tin, a couple of pots,were our culinary equipment, and our washingup was done in a large, chipped enamelled roof of our living whare was of iron, and atnight it was delightful to hear the wild tunesplayed by the blasts of hail on the stretchedmetal, the premonitory hint, just a prick or two,the tap of the earliest stones, the pattering thatthickened and quickened into a roar, the distincttmibre of larger and moie si:>arsely shakenglobules, and the dying fall as the blizzard passedaway. 1 think people at Home miss much whenthey lose the noise of the storm on the roof, andthe ebb and flow of its pour. Light was admitted by a small window mostof whose panes were intact. There were doubletiers of wooden bunks,
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