RECORD ID

2372

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Giant and Ogre Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirits

PUBLICATION

Australian fairy tales; Atha Westbury

AUTHOR

Not specified

d when his spirits flagged and the dog whined he cried out, “Duty, Possum, Duty!” At length they emerged out upon a ledge of ridges with deep ravines intervening. Below the fog looked inky black. Our hero paused, and Possum rubbed himself against him and looked up whimpering in his face. “Never mind, old boy,” said Harry. “Even if this is the very castle of Giant Fog, we have Duty with us. On, Possum, on.” The kangaroo hound drew back. The boy pressed forward, and in a moment he felt he was falling rapidly through the air. How long poor Harry lay at the base of those cruel crags he could not say, but when he recovered.

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1. 01spirits in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirits in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive