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Helpless and Hopeless

           ThetownofDelegetewasnotmorethantenmilesoff,andthateveningtheycampedinlongitude140degrees,ontheveryfrontierofNewSouthWales.

           Forsomehours,afinebutpenetratingrainhadbeenfalling.Therewouldhavebeennoshelterfromthis,ifbychanceJohnMangleshadnotdiscoveredasawyer’shut,desertedanddilapidatedtoadegree.Butwiththismiserablecabintheywereobligedtobecontent.WilsonwantedtokindleafiretopreparetheNARDOUbread,andhewentouttopickupthedeadwoodscatteredallovertheground.Buthefounditwouldnotlight,thegreatquantityofalbuminousmatterwhichitcontainedpreventedallcombustion.ThisistheincombustiblewoodputdownbyPaganelinhislistofAustralianproducts.

           Theyhadtodispensewithfire,andconsequentlywithfoodtoo,andsleepintheirwetclothes,whilethelaughingjackasses,concealedinthehighbranches,seemedtoridiculethepoorunfortunates.However,Glenarvanwasnearlyattheendofhissufferings.Itwastime.Thetwoyoungladiesweremakingheroicefforts,buttheirstrengthwashourlydecreasing.Theydraggedthemselvesalong,almostunabletowalk.

           Nextmorningtheystartedatdaybreak.At11A.M.DelegetecameinsightinthecountyofWellesley,andfiftymilesfromTwofoldBay.

           Meansofconveyancewerequicklyprocuredhere.HopereturnedtoGlenarvanastheyapproachedthecoast.Perhapstheremighthavebeensomeslightdelay,andafteralltheymightgettherebeforethearrivaloftheDuncan.Intwenty-fourhourstheywouldreachthebay.

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