After a long beer Dan was able to describe the bunyip he had seen in the moonlight on the One Tree Road.
Costello said it was a true jim-jam; he knew the breed well.

He asked to be put on to the brand of whisky Reynolds had been drinking.
"Jim-jam, be jiggered!" cried Reynolds.

"By ripes, I ought t' kno a jim-jam when I see one, I've met plenty.

Tell yeh, I'm ez sober ez a turtle, an' I seen bin with me own naked eyes, not three yards off, jumpin' round on th' road, howlin' somthin' awful an' shakin' a bottle in the air." Peters thought it might be a bunyip.

He had heard of a bunyip in Pig Creek.
Then Watkins had an inspiration "By gum," he cried, "I know what!" He turned eagerly to Reynolds.