. 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. /- -TC 390 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. arated during the day, as they feed their flocks in different directions,and at night they are too tired to do much talking, and very often arenot on speaking terms. They become moody and taciturn; and it is asad fact that three-fourths of the occupants of insane asylums in Aus-tralia are shepherds. Ev
. 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. /- -TC 390 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. arated during the day, as they feed their flocks in different directions,and at night they are too tired to do much talking, and very often arenot on speaking terms. They become moody and taciturn; and it is asad fact that three-fourths of the occupants of insane asylums in Aus-tralia are shepherds. Every shepherd should go armed, as he never knows when he maybe attacked by the blacks. Many a poor fellow has been speared bythe aboriginals; they watch for months until they see him without his. MOTHER OF A FAMILY. gun, and then rush upon and spear him. Many of the shepherds seemindifferent to life; and it is not to be wondered at, as they are cut offfrom society, have no friends or friendships, and no encouraging pros-pects for the future. I have often wondered how it was possible for usto procure shepherds, when the future has so few inducements for them ;but somehow we always manage to find enough of them. Many mencome here with bright hopes, but they soon tire of the w^ork; if theyhave money enough to get away, they generally do so at the end of afew months. The new chums that engage as shepherds are always put at themost disagreeable work, that of looking after diseased sheep, if thereare any on the station. If you want to see what it is, read Mr. Edensbook, My Wife and I in Queensland, and learn what he went throughwhen he came to the colony. lie engaged as a shepherd, and was as- HARVESTING THE WOOL CROP. 591
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