CHAPTER III.
MEDLICOT'S MILL.
As Harry said, they might all now lie in bed for a day or two.

The rain had set aside for the time the necessity for that urgent watchfulness which kept all hands on the station hard at work during the great heat.

There was not, generally, much rest during the year at Gangoil.

Lambing in April and May, washing and shearing in September, October, and November, with the fear of fires and the necessary precautions in December and January, did not leave more than sufficient intervals for looking after the water-dams, making and mending fences, procuring stores, and attending to the ailments of the flocks.

No man worked harder than the young squatter.