A Colonial Tramp, Vol. 2 of 2 PDF Download

Author: Hume Nisbet
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332606290
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Excerpt from A Colonial Tramp, Vol. 2 of 2: Travels and Adventures in Australia and New Guinea We shook hands over it. He did not say, and I did not let him know I was aware, that at the time we were boldly cutting in a straight line from promontory to promontory, and that the steady and sure captain was keeping his usual safe distance all the way round, hugging the shore for fear of the storm which was brewing outside. There was no use going into such details. And I'll tell you what, we'll be in Brisbane eight hours before him in spite of his reckless folly.' I didn't doubt it in the least, so shortly afterwards we adjourned to the smoke-room, where several of the passengers had gathered to play cards and tell yarns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.