. Across Australia . ; 1 111. MLiiliiiL- ( a liaiifl i^ liuint^ indii^ in L^rcasc. (p. 397.) ■J. ; j,v ». ■TT^ ■■»?,, VS O , ■,. -• J\ •. v<.**ti. - .<jA •f^ no. Il;l I M; \ I h-N lul; \ i iXi I\ riiWIin111. M K--.\AK1-: , \\.\kk\MI \i,.\ IKIIIK Willi nil-. (!■ 397). XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 395 evening, when we were spending a quiet hour or twowriting up our notes, we suddenly heard two shots fired,and found that one of our black boys had been aimingwith his revolver at what he supposed to be a KurdaitchaComing up to the camp under cover of darkness. Th
. Across Australia . ; 1 111. MLiiliiiL- ( a liaiifl i^ liuint^ indii^ in L^rcasc. (p. 397.) ■J. ; j,v ». ■TT^ ■■»?,, VS O , ■,. -• J\ •. v<.**ti. - .<jA •f^ no. Il;l I M; \ I h-N lul; \ i iXi I\ riiWIin111. M K--.\AK1-: , \\.\kk\MI \i,.\ IKIIIK Willi nil-. (!■ 397). XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 395 evening, when we were spending a quiet hour or twowriting up our notes, we suddenly heard two shots fired,and found that one of our black boys had been aimingwith his revolver at what he supposed to be a KurdaitchaComing up to the camp under cover of darkness. Thenoise of course attracted the natives, and in a very shortspace of time a dozen men rushed up, armed to the teeth,and, with the courage inspired by numbers, set out inpursuit of the Kurdaitcha. An hour or two later weheard the gallant party returning, and learnt that they hadseen no fewer than four and had succeeded in drivingthem away. The supposed Kurdaitchas were purelyfictions of their imagination—probably they were white-ant mounds—but the natives retired to rest fully con-vinced that they had saved the camp, ourselves Included,from an attack
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