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ghost in Robbery under Arms

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1888
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ghost in Robbery under Arms

t was like the side of a house, and that full of slate-bars all upon edge that you could smell the hoofs of the brumbies as the sharp stones rasped and tore and struck sparks out of them like you do the parings in a blacksmith's shop. Then, just as I thought daybreak was near, a great mopoke flits…

Record ID
2,620
Year
1,888
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2620
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Robbery under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1888; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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t was like the side of a house, and that full of slate-bars all upon edge that you could smell the hoofs of the brumbies as the sharp stones rasped and tore and struck sparks out of them like you do the parings in a blacksmith's shop. Then, just as I thought daybreak was near, a great mopoke flits close over our heads without any rustling or noise, like the ghost of a bird, and begins to hoot in a big, bare, hollow tree just ahead of us. Hoo-hoo! hoo-hoo! The last time I heard it, it made me shiver a bit. Now I didn't care. I was a desperate man that had done bad things, and was likely to do worse. But I was free of the forest.

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