. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. n in thebushes, and rode away, and sold the animal he was riding for a goodprice. Then he returned to where he had concealed the skin; and aftersoaking his saddle and bridle in the river for an hour, lie went back tothe station, carrying saddle, bridle, and skin, and covered from head tofoot with mud. There he told how in attempting to cross a cre
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. n in thebushes, and rode away, and sold the animal he was riding for a goodprice. Then he returned to where he had concealed the skin; and aftersoaking his saddle and bridle in the river for an hour, lie went back tothe station, carrying saddle, bridle, and skin, and covered from head tofoot with mud. There he told how in attempting to cross a creek thehorse was overcome by the waters, and had just strength to reach the HOW A KASCAL CHEATED HIS EMPLOYEE. 401 bank, where lie died. As for himself, lie had a narrow escape with hislife; and to prove the truth of his story, he had brought home the skinof the once valuable beast. The squatter beUeved the story, blamed himself for sendino- theman on such a dangerous mission, and gave him ten sovereigns as a re-ward for his fidelity and compensation for his wetting. The man leftthe place soon afterwards for another part of the colony; months laterthe squatter saw his horse advertised for sale, and on inquiry found howhe had been imposed LEADING CITIZENS OF SOMERSET. From anecdotes about horses and bush-rangers the conversationturned upon the pearl-fishery on the northern coast of Queensland. It is quite an extensive industry, said Mr. Watson, and employsa considerable number of men. The exports of pearl-shell from Queens-land for the year 1885 were 13,189 hundred-weight, valued at £87,110,or $400,000; and in some years the product has exceeded that parts of Australia produce pearl-shell and pearls, and altogetherthe fishery is a very important 402 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA.
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