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- giant in Queensland, Australia#1779g the end of the island, and coming into the main stream, we fbimd the river again widened out into a magnificent sheet of water, overhimg on each side with immense tea-trees, which pro- jected far into the water below.…
- giant in Queensland, Australia#1778he noble river, which winds almost under foot, and appears and disappears, and appears again as it pursues its tortuous course through the dark forest to the bay, or is traced upwards towards its sources, presents ever…
- witch in Queensland, Australia#1777out for death, and though nothing should be done to him at the time, he is sure to be eventually surprised and killed, and his body to be disposed of in the same way. The skins of the de- ceased are carefully preserved…
- witch in Queensland, Australia#1776fate of Davies' companion, to remove them. If the deceased has fallen in battle there is no coroner's in- quest, so to speak, held on the subject of his death ; but if he has died a natural death, in the vigour of youth…
- witch in Queensland, Australia#1775ting out the blood either into the pitcher, or into a small hole dug in the ground to receive it. Under this process the disease or malign influence is supposed to pass out of the body of the patient along the belt into…
- witch in Queensland, Australia#1774told the rest of the tribe what he had done, and where they would find the old man's body, to be disposed of as they Bhould think fit Nothing was done to this murderer, who was permitted to return to his own tribe as a…
- wizard in Queensland, Australia#1773alleged, ill-disposed towards the^i patient, has swallowed a stone or bone, and vomiting it up again, .has spit it out at him, a process which is sure to make him ill, n THE ABORIGINES.. 841 if not to kill him. The wiza…
- wizard in Queensland, Australia#1772would recommend. From their manner of living, and especially from their always having a fire burning on the bare ground in front of their miser- able huts, close to where they sleep, they are peculiarly subject to accid…
- wizard in Queensland, Australia#1771verely, and sometimes other parts of their bodies. Internal diseases are imiformly ascribed to witchcraft or sor- cery. Some black fellow, it is alleged, ill-disposed towards the^i patient, has swallowed a stone or bone…
- devil in Queensland, Australia#1770indifferent land, and the whole is so intersected with streams and fi*esh- water marshes, that if such a block were divided into fiirms of 300 acres, each ferm would have its propor- tion of the advantages common to the…
- devil in Queensland, Australia#1769ation, although to the surprise and mortification of most of our Sydney legislators, that it did- contain a clause to the effect I had recommended. That clause, I am happy to add, providing as it did for the separation…
- supernatural in Queensland, Australia#1768m. They also believe in the existence of many demons, of whom Tnrra- mullun is the chief. They say that Turramullun .is the author of disease and of medical skill, of mischief and of wisdom also ; that he appears in the…
- ghost in Queensland, Australia#1767he Australian dialects. There are at least twenty-five different dialects spoken within 200 miles' radius of Brisbane. " Turrubul *' is spoken at Brisbane, and " Dippil " about the Glasshouse mountains, sixty miles nort…
- ghost in Queensland, Australia#1766nciliated their affections once more, and succeeded in keeping the peace. In regard to the word Mawgooy^ I may mention, as an additional illustration- of the singular diversity of languages among the aborigines of Austr…
- ghost in Queensland, Australia#1765lf being situated on the elevated point of land already men- tioned, and commanding a beautiful view of the bay with its fine scenery all round. But— ** * Every leaf was at rest, and I heard not a sound ' from the uninh…
- devil in Queensland, Australia#1764ions of the Bechuanas, another African nation. " These beings," observes a writer in the " North British Keview," for November, 1845, on the authority of the missionaries, '^ had no ideas of anything beyond this world.…
- ghost in Queensland, Australia#1763led her to suspect the reality of the white man's relationship to her family ; for she actually instigated her husband to murder Darumboy in revenge for the loss of her dog I This, it seems, the old man was not indispos…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#1762ent castle, the soene of many early associations, and now quite as uninhabited as this, « l^th. — To the left or westward (^ that supposed river channel, A mighty isolated mountain mass diut out any view of the furtBer…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#1761ery remarkable illustrations of the proverbial genius of the Anglo-Saxon race for the noble and truly imperial art of colonisation." The inhabitants of Toowoomba are in no respect behind their neighbours of Drayton in t…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#1760, although at present almost beyond the pale of civilisation, will be very soon .opened up, and thickly settled by means of steam communication with and fix>m Brisbane, whenever Moreton Bay is erected into a separate co…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#1759ent, on an improved process, had been formed by a Scotch gentleman, a Mr. Atchison, on the Broad Water, one of the beautiful estuaries described by Captain Perry, on the north branch of the river. While the steamboat Ur…
- 1861 - The Argus Yowie Article#855Public AYR report page for 1861 - The Argus Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Melbourne, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: Was the explorer Leichardt’s disappearance a result of a Yowie…
- supernatural in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2119m, rude and obscure indeed, but in all probability the indistinct relics of some older and more complete system. It must be sufficiently obvious to all who have had much intercourse with the native tribes, that they are…
- supernatural in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2118anoe, and all who might be fishing, and then descends to the depths below. In south-west Australia, as well as on the eastern coast, there are similar superstitions. The tribes believe in an aquatic monster named " Wau-…
- ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2117mong the grass-trees, wait for the hour of conception, to enter a human body, and, after death and burial, to return there again : if unburied, the spirit is sup- posed to wander an indefinite time, miserable and alone.…
- spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2116that " pindye " implies a European, the same as " Djanga," (the dead,) means a European at Swan River.] " The ' pindye ' is the place of souls in the far west, whence the souls of the unborn come, and, hovering among th…
- spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2115by the lashings of his enormous tail. This will be again referred to under the subject of superstitions in reference to ophic worship. Among the Murray-River tribes a net, during sickness, is worn as a charm round the w…
- spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2114s it, then they proceed fur- ther: if it gives an affirmative, the inquest is then continued there. It is believed that the affirmative is given when the W. A. Miles on Demigods and Dcemonia. 17 corpse is moved round, w…
- spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2113d shews that Ophic worship prevailed in the wilds of America as well as in the wildernesses of Australia. For an account of this serpent mound in Western America, see "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley." The n…
- spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2112he name of this imaginary being is Binbeal. They assign to him the making of an original pair, from whom has descended the present race of man. There is evidently much vagueness and obscurity in their notions on this pa…
- spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2111alects of which I have heard, (amydeet,jajowrong, amerjig, koligan, amy gai, &c.,) appears to be identical with the words used to b 2 20 W. A. Miles on Demigods and Dcemonia. describe the soul when separated from the bo…
- ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2110me, miserable and alone. What a remarkable coincidence," remarks the worthy compiler, " with the opinions of the ancient nations !" Among the Swan- River tribes the spirit is supposed to go far away in the west to the i…
- phantom in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2109rofess to derive 22 W. A. Miles on Demigods and Daemomia. their power from some pretended communication with this object. Although there seems to he nothing deserving the name of a regular religious rite among them, I a…
- evil spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2108a minute, and, on concluding, placed the crystal in his mouth, sucked it, and then, removing the stone, spat upou the ground, and, trampling on the earth, pressed the discharged saliva into it, as if to tread out the ev…
- evil spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2107koradgee — sucked the wound, then, holding his saliva, he re- treated ten or twelve paces from the invalid, appeared to mutter some charm for a minute, and, on concluding, placed the crystal in his mouth, sucked it, and…
- spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2106al occhio," the mythraic superstition still rife in the Mediterra- nean, and known to the natives of Australia as a sacred myth. This imprinting of the hand also obtains among the North- American Indians. It was an anci…
- spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2105e, which they drove into the ground ; but it was too dark, they said, to see it ." So at Zipan-ga (Japan), the belief is mentioned by Marco Polo, in the thirteenth century, that at Zipan-ga (Japan) the natives possessed…
- evil spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2104, advancing and dancing with a measured tread, the right foot always in advance, shaking green reeds in their hands, and chanting a low solemn dirge, while the natives who were behind the patient beat time by violently…
- demon in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2103re found. The blacks shake their heads very mysteriously if asked any questions about them, preserving a silence either of ignorance or fear. The usual reply is, " Black fellow make it so long time ago, before white fel…
- demon in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?#2102thians, and was introduced by them into Egypt. It also appears to have been at some time introduced here. Relative to the wells, Mr Eyre (vol. i. p. 209) mentions he saw one called "Beel-im Gaippe." "Gaippe" means water…
- 1851 - John Green Diary Entries#642Public AYR report page for 1851 - John Green Diary Entries. Location cue from public page title/path: Queensland, Queensland. Body excerpt retained for review: These were recorded by the early farmer/explorer John Green…
- Phillip Island, Victoria 1849#44Public AYR report page for Phillip Island, Victoria 1849. Source-stated location: Phillip Island, Victoria. Event field: Early Yowie Sighting. Body excerpt retained for review: Date of report: The 29 th of October, 1849
- 1847 - Sydney Morning Herald Article#641Public AYR report page for 1847 - Sydney Morning Herald Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Sydney Morning Herald, 21st January 1847.
- 1847 - Geelong Advertiser#640Public AYR report page for 1847 - Geelong Advertiser. Location cue from public page title/path: Geelong, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: A creature described by the natives as something very similar to an ou…
- 1844 - Charles Meredith Diary Entry#639Public AYR report page for 1844 - Charles Meredith Diary Entry. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Mrs. Charles Meredith, Notes and Sketches of…
- 1843 - Sydney Morning Herald 2#638Public AYR report page for 1843 - Sydney Morning Herald 2. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: We cannot find a better conclusion to this week's article,…
- 1843 - Sydney Morning Herald#637Public AYR report page for 1843 - Sydney Morning Herald. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
- wizard in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2101rt]^Binmna. Wind, north-west — Durga ; DtalUjar. Wind, south — Wu:iti. Wind, south-east — Winit ; D-yedik. ' Wind, south-west — Karring. Wind, east— Nandat ; Nangalar. Wind, west — Durga. Wind, sea-breeze— Gulam win. Wi…
- witchcraft in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2100who osBume the nurks of sor- row, by drawing a Btreai of white across tho forehead, dawn the aides of tlie cheeks, round the chin, and round each eye. While chiy or time is used on these accsaions. When a. man puts on m…
- evil spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2099ord), Winatding (N.£. dialect) ; Kainbil ; Ki-in. Decated, withered — Mandju. Deceit — Barrit. Deceive, to— Gulin. Deception — Barrit. Decot, to — Kobat kobat^&n ; Myatyl. Deep — Mordak. Deep, deep water — Didaral. Depa…
- evil spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2098aerally attacts tenialeg, and the person whom it selects for its victim pines and dies away almost imper- ceptibly. To this creature'e influeiice the aborigines attribute all sores and wounds for which they cannot other…
- spirits in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2097a pale yellow- coloured hark. (. — A term used liy the natives to deMgoate Ibeii ancestors or forefatliers, of whom they do not appear to have any disUnct tradition, except that they were very large men. Some snpiiose t…
- spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2096(K.G.S.) A small species of kangaroo. KwiLAS — (K.G.S.) A species of ant. KviELA, luliji.— (K.G.S.) A speclea ol cttaos.t\\i3n KW[ 64 Kr-i. KwmiN — (K.G.S.) The Dili of HBpecies ofiomia. KwoaoTH, tuisf. — Soul; iipirit,…
- spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2095pots. It is considered deadly, and is much dreaded by the natives ; but although several dogs have died sud- denly from the bite of a snake, no white person has hitherto suffered more than a slight inconvenience from te…
- spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2094reviously scored are now marked afresh, and more deeply, to record that an atonement has been effected. The grave is regularly visited during a certain period, to see that it is not disturbed or profaned ; and for a lon…
- magician in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2093and so on, until the surface reaches to a level with the upper ground ; and finally sand or earth is strewed over the top. Whilst all that is above described is going on, the magician, or Bolyagadak, of the tribe, sits…
- spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2092of mutual eommunieation in all public matters, wlielhcr of explanation, negotiation, exam i nation, or prosecution. At length, in the year 183Q, that ahle and talented ofBcer, Lieutenant (now Captain) G. Grey, Governor…
- magician in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2091ern men ; as also the ciaunt, or tune, if it may be BO called, to which the dniice is performed. The dfluoo is generally performed by the young men. Women saldom take any part in it. Their dances frequently represent »f…
- magician in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2090lled D-yuar. Moro BOO 16 BOK fresh boughs are then heaped upon the body ; then stout stakes are laid lengthways; then cross pieces pressed firmly into the sides; and then boughs again, and so on, until the surface reach…
- wizard in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2089gurdur. Wing — K^nba. Wing, outer pinion of — Jili. Wink, to— Butak-butSk. Winter — Maggoro. Witchcraft — Boyl-ya. Withered, dried up ; applied to wood or animals when dead — ^Mandju. Withered; applied to leaves— -Derer…
- Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2088teeth on edge. KiLLAL, subst, — Formica maxima ; lion-ant. K'lLLiN, subst, — The pudenda. KiLUNG, subst, — (K.G.S.) The fresh-water tortoise. K-NUDE, subst, — A species of casuarina. KobbXlXk, subst Pregnancy. KobbXlo,…
- Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2087person thus endowed can transport himself through the air at pleasure, being invisible to every one but his fellow- Boylyagadak. If he have a dislike to another native, he is supposed to be able to kill him, by stealing…
- Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2086have fallen from the sky. BoYL — (K.G.S.) An entrance. BoYL-YA, subst, — A certain supposed power of witchcraft ; sorcery. BoYLYA GXdak, subst. — One possessed of Boylya ; a wizard ; magician. The men only are believed…
- Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#2085r, on the parallel of Perth, is the greatest distance which has yet been reached in that direction. BoYEB, subst, — A name given to certain stones of a smooth ovate shape, which are found in several places, and are trad…
- 1842 - Aust and NZ Monthly Magazine Article#1059Public AYR report page for 1842 - Aust and NZ Monthly Magazine Article. No state or locality is asserted in the public page fields; retained as an Australia-level corpus record for dashboard/density only and excluded fr…
- 1831 - Sailors Yowie Hoax?#636Public AYR report page for 1831 - Sailors Yowie Hoax?. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: According to the books author, Gavin Menzies, the Chin…
- 1825 - Sugarloaf Mountain NSW Yowie Article - Source Unknown#854Public AYR report page for 1825 - Sugarloaf Mountain NSW Yowie Article - Source Unknown. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # sugarloaf
- 1825 - Richmond River Herald 06-03-1825#853Public AYR report page for 1825 - Richmond River Herald 06-03-1825. Location cue from public page title/path: Richmond River, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # pittar, foy, birney, megalong, wildman
- Wikidata entity: Fisher’s Ghost#4668Fisher’s Ghost 1960 Australian operetta Fisher's Ghost Fisher's Ghost
- Wikidata entity: Fisher's Ghost#4667Fisher's Ghost 1924 film by Raymond Longford Fisher's Ghost (film) Fisher's Ghost
- Wikidata entity: Fisher's ghost#4666Fisher's ghost popular Australian ghost story dating to the early 19th century Fisher's ghost Fisher's Ghost
- Wikidata entity: Yowie#4664Yowie creature from Australian folklore Yowie Yowie
- spectre in The Wonder-Child#2947' she said; 'what is it you have done to it? It is only a ship and a man, and yet--do you know I can hardly keep the sobs back when I look at it.' To her amaze her employer turned eagerly round, shook her hand again and…
- spirits in The Three Miss Kings#2936when playing or listening, would have been to them like talking and laughing over their prayers. But, of the three, Patty was the most truly musical, in the serious meaning of the word, inasmuch as her temperament was w…
- spectre in The Three Miss Kings#2932gy within bounds. As long as she is happy with music and china we shall be all right, but if she goes beyond things of that sort--well, I tremble for the consequences. They would be fatal--fatal!" "Where are you afraid…
- phantom in The Three Miss Kings#2931ried to attend to what he said, but she found herself thinking less of him now than of her unknown friend--less occupied with the substantial figures upon the stage of action around her than with the delusive scene-pain…
- ghost in Sisters#2890ully neglecting him. Boldly she ascended to his sitting-room in the wake of tight-lipped Manton, who presently brought tea, and at intervals tended the fire, apparently without once casting an eye upon her. Claud was up…
- ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life#2850hear me yet--though inquiry was stifled at Port Arthur. By the way, a Pharaoh had arisen who knows not Joseph. It is evident that the meddlesome parson, who complained of men being flogged to death, is forgotten, as the…
- spirit in For the Term of His Natural Life#2842on of the harmless life of the Australian ocean. But the convict's guilty conscience, long suppressed and derided, asserted itself in this hour when it was alone with Nature and Night. The bitter intellectual power whic…
- phantom in For the Term of His Natural Life#2841e ocean seemed to be rising up and surrounding him. He retreated to the brink of the gulf, and the glare of the upheld brand fell upon a rounded hummock, whose coronal of silky weed out-floating in the water looked like…
- apparition in For the Term of His Natural Life#2840pulled out what he sought. A bottle of brandy. With this in his hand, all moderation vanished. He raised it to his lips and eagerly drank. Then, ashamed of what he had done, he thrust the bottle back, and made for his r…
- apparition in For the Term of His Natural Life#2839d lurking shapes of cruelty and danger. Even the whispering breeze bore with it sighs, and threats, and mutterings of revenge. Oppressed by a terror of loneliness, she hastily caught up the manuscript, and turned to see…
- apparition in For the Term of His Natural Life#2838to attack this new enemy; but, quick as thought, the child glided past Frere, and, snatching the loaf, placed it in the hands of the starving man, with “Here, poor prisoner, eat!” and then, turning to Frere, she cast up…
- ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life#2833ebruary 19th.--I accept. There is work to be done among those unhappy men that may be my purgation. The authorities shall hear me yet--though inquiry was stifled at Port Arthur. By the way, a Pharaoh had arisen who know…
- ghost in For the Term of His Natural Life#2831lement. He staggered to the cavern, and, seizing the sleeping Frere by the arm, shook him violently. “Awake! awake!” he cried, “and let us leave this place!” Frere, starting to his feet, looked at the white face and blo…
- ghost in For the Term of His Natural Life#2830ly facing the scowling brows above him. “Yes.” “Without injury?” continued the other, bargaining, as it were, at the very muzzles of the muskets. “Ay, ay! It's all right!” returned Russen. “It's our liberty we want, tha…
- witch in Plain Living#2827=A Cigarette-Maker’s Romance.= _Globe_—“We are inclined to think this is the best of Mr. M. Crawford’s stories.” =Khaled=: A Tale of Arabia. _Anti-Jacobin_—“Mr. Crawford has written some stories more powerful, but none…
- ghost in Plain Living#2815l was left desolate and forsaken of its heroes. Hubert fared forth along the north-west trail, bound for the sea-like plains of the Lower Warroo, where the wild orange flowers bloom on their lonely sand islands, bright…
- ghost in Plain Living#2814isfied expression. She relaxed considerably, though with an effort, as her visitors were announced, and came forward to greet them warmly enough. “So glad to see you, Mr. Stamford. It was nice of you to bring Laura. Why…
- apparition in The Crooked Stick#2785e joy and the mystery, the strange, inexplicable, subtly compounded essence which the poets in all ages have termed love. Why it should be so she was unable to comprehend. She told herself that he was not so strong and…
- apparition in The Crooked Stick#2784his favourite songs in a fashion which brought any lingering remnants of his passion once more to the surface. Mr. Atherstone was also good enough to express his approval from the dining-room, the door of which was open…
- apparition in The Crooked Stick#2783tress, aroused by a sudden crack of the driver's whip, started, and as she drew the curb-rein, reared. 'What a naughty Wanderer!' she exclaimed, as, slackening her rein, she leaned a little forward, stroking her horse's…
- apparition in The Crooked Stick#2782hiefly to similar social laws, strongly marked varieties of the race have from time to time arisen. These phenomenal personages have differed from their compeers in a ratio of divergence altogether incomprehensible to t…
- ghost in The Crooked Stick#2781woman is doomed who waits in vain for him whom she loves, hoping against hope, refusing the sad truth, until all limit of credence be passed, so vehement an indignation fired her every feeling against the imaginary recr…
- giant in A Colonial Reformer Volume 1#2754beautiful!’ They roamed long amid the glories of that semi-tropical park, rich with the spoils of the Orient and many a fairy isle of the Great South Sea. As the palms and strangely formed forest trees waved in the bree…
- spirit in A Colonial Reformer Volume 1#2744xuries in the other hemisphere. ‘This is pleasant,’ said the merchant, after a long silence of words, with something between a sigh and a shake; ‘but there are such things as breakfast and business for to-morrow. We mus…
- ghost in A Colonial Reformer Volume 1#2743at last, and we had the cattle at our own price, blast ’em. All day they was very sulky and slinged along, and wouldn’t feed. Well, we was sulky too, for we’d no time to stop and cook a bite, it was so thick.’ ‘What sta…
- giant in A Colonial Reformer Volume 3#2740steeps and fairy nooks which engirdle Sydney. The undulating lawns were dimmer, the plant masses less profuse, the showery blooms less dazzling, the trailers less gorgeous, than in other years. Yet were not the shores o…
- spectre in A Colonial Reformer Volume 3#2731at’s the worst of him.’ Mr. Neuchamp, who, having as yet not gone through the terrible trials of a prolonged drought, had never witnessed the incredible emaciation to which stock may be reduced, and their rapid and magi…
- apparition in A Colonial Reformer Volume 3#2730ushed in and closed, while his blood flowed freely from a wound in the forehead, and ensanguined his adversary as they grappled in deadly conflict. The accuracy of the Count’s aim, faultless and unerring in gallery prac…