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phantom in The Last Chance

YEAR
1905
PLACE
Western Australia
SOURCE
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phantom in The Last Chance

ee. Some of it was available for camel food; but, in a general way, it appeared to the Commissioner as a land accursed of God and man—unfitted for providing sustenance for man or beast. As the night dragged through, he could not but consider the contrast between his present position and that which…

Record ID
2,600
Year
1,905
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2600
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1905; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
phantom
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Western Australia (WA): B
State or territory
WA
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ee. Some of it was available for camel food; but, in a general way, it appeared to the Commissioner as a land accursed of God and man—unfitted for providing sustenance for man or beast. As the night dragged through, he could not but consider the contrast between his present position and that which he had abandoned in order to follow what might be a delusive phantom, a ‘Will-o’-the-wisp’—an ‘ignis fatuus,’ specially provided for leading astray wayfarers, blinded by the ‘auri sacra fames.’ Suppose he lost his way, broke down in health or eyesight—the most vulnerable point in the explorer’s armoury? Waters was old, and though.

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