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... Camped in hotel yard . Ma and I slept in hotel , men in cart . Landlady asked me to play , her husband with the station master and two other young gentlemen spent the evening with us singing and playing , the lady was very fond of my ...
... Camped in hotel yard . Ma and I slept in hotel , men in cart . Landlady asked me to play , her husband with the station master and two other young gentlemen spent the evening with us singing and playing , the lady was very fond of my ...
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... Camped under tree . One horse bad , physiced her . 13th Day Started after sunrise . Bad stony road through thick scrub then good road . Lake on either side , good grass , native companions feasting in grassy paddocks . Reached ...
... Camped under tree . One horse bad , physiced her . 13th Day Started after sunrise . Bad stony road through thick scrub then good road . Lake on either side , good grass , native companions feasting in grassy paddocks . Reached ...
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... camped near a publick house thair was a blak smiths shop and a shepards hut i asked the blaksmith if he could lett me have a room to sleep in as the night looked thretning and was very cold he said he wold but i must not lett that woman ...
... camped near a publick house thair was a blak smiths shop and a shepards hut i asked the blaksmith if he could lett me have a room to sleep in as the night looked thretning and was very cold he said he wold but i must not lett that woman ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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