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1871
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wild man in Old Tales of a Young Country

ll, and they bore him off to their huts. That night they watched him, or he would have escaped. In the morning, after a vain attempt to obtain such remnants of his woollen stockings as time and the shingle had left him, they went away, and he, frightened at the chance of their return, took to the b…

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1,876
Year
1,871
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
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Record ID
1876
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
Old Tales of a Young Country; Marcus Clarke
Published
1871
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
wild man
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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ll, and they bore him off to their huts. That night they watched him, or he would have escaped. In the morning, after a vain attempt to obtain such remnants of his woollen stockings as time and the shingle had left him, they went away, and he, frightened at the chance of their return, took to the bush. For some months he wandered about, living the life of a wild man, and subsisting on roots, berries, and shell-fish. The weather set in gloomy and tempestuous. He was frequently without fire, food, or shelter, and his sleep was broken by terror of the natives. The physical instinct of life-preservation must have been very strong in.

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