This suggestion he received with a kind of subdued satisfaction, or holy joy, and very few further negotiations were needed to make the transaction complete; and, be it said, it was an every-day transaction, perfectly legal and recognised by all the clans.

Yamba was full of vigour and resource, while the only phrase that fitly describes her bush lore is absolutely miraculous.

This will be evinced in a hundred extraordinary instances in this narrative.
But you may be asking, What of my dog, Bruno?
Well, I am thankful to say, he was still with me, but it took him a long time to accustom himself to his new surroundings; he particularly objected to associating with the miserable pariah curs that prowled about the encampment.

They would take sly bites out of him when he was not looking, but on the whole, he was well able to hold his own, being much more powerful than they.
I settled down to my new life in the course of a few days, but I need hardly remark I did not propose staying in that forlorn spot longer than I could help.

This was my plan.