. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . e wind, sheAvould stop until another light was shoAvn, Avhen she Avould di-ive forwardagain, and so on, until Ave got past the obstruction. This happened severaltimes, and avc thought Ave would never reach Poowong, but at last Ave did,and at half-i)as
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . e wind, sheAvould stop until another light was shoAvn, Avhen she Avould di-ive forwardagain, and so on, until Ave got past the obstruction. This happened severaltimes, and avc thought Ave would never reach Poowong, but at last Ave did,and at half-i)ast 1> arrived at the post ollice kept by Afi-s. nf)rsley, who receivedus A-erv kindly, and soon had us seated by a good fire and an even better iiieMl,after i)artakin2 of Avhich we felt much bettei. Next day, being Sunday, Avehad a good Iest, and on Monday morning, father having arrived, he andmother and I started off on iViol. each carrying a l)undle, along pack-track,Wallaby-track, and often no track at all. till Ave reached Messrs. Cover-dales place. We found them busy erecting a yard to protect then- sheepfrom the wild dogs (dingoes) at night time, so. after a chat and, what appearsto be the usual thing here in Cippsland. a cup of tea, Ave pushed on as faras MattheAvs T>ros. selection (now I). Henrys). There Avas no one at honle,. RECOLLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES. 219 SO Ave pushed open the door of the hiU. and made ourselves^ at home, andwhen Mr. Theodore Matthews returned about (birk he found us in possessionof his premises. However, it was all right. Mr. MattheAvs was very gladto see us. and made us most heartily welcome. Coming, as we did. from moreciyilised parts, the log hut and its furniture seemed very quaint. The table,composed of rough slabs of wood, had one of its corners supported by a sub-stantial blackwood stump standing where it grew, two smaller stumps sawnoff square at a conyenient height, with a slab of Avood nailed on top. madea splendid stool of the st
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