Having hobbelled our horses, that eagerly fed on the luxuriant grass surrounding them, we crossed the river in a canoe which had been scooped by Mr. Manton 's servants from the solid trunk of a water gum tree, (Eucalyptus sp.) and was capable of carrying four or six persons.

Men are careless and incogitant.

Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new frien' The man in the coon-skin cap In the big pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten.

Unwashed dishes and dirty laundry were strewn about the room.