But remember, if ever you get tired of thief hunting, the offer will still be open to you." Sydney was at that time but a very small place; for the great wave of emigrants had not yet begun to flow, and the colony was in its early infancy.

As soon as the vessel cast anchor, Mr.Hudson and his party landed, taking Reuben with them; and an hour later he found himself installed, as a guest, at the squatter's house.
It was large and comfortable, surrounded by a broad verandah, and standing in a garden blooming with flowers, many of which were wholly unknown to Reuben.

He had, of course, before landing laid aside the suit he had worn on board ship, and had dressed himself in his best; and the heartiness and cordiality of his host, his wife, and daughter soon made him feel perfectly at his ease.
"We are in the rough, you know," Mr.Hudson said to him.

"Everyone is in the rough here, at present.

Twenty years hence things may settle down, but now we all have to take them as we find them.