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The sight that met his gaze was indeed well calculated to strike him dumb, for there, in a circle on the floor, with the remains of a roast of beef in the centre red-shirted, long-booted, uncombed, and deeply bronzed sat six old comrades, whom they had not seen for such a length of time that they had almost forgotten their existence namely, Captain Dall, long David Cupples, old Peter, Captain Blathers, Muggins, and Buckawanga!
Then we agreed to come here, and prospect for gold all over the estate the which we have done, but without much luck as yet, I'm sorry to say." "But you have not yet accounted for the appearance of Buckawanga?" said Will. "Oh, as to that, Muggins recognised him one day in the street. We found he had come over from them rascally Cannibal Islands, in the service of a missionary "
"What!" exclaimed Will, dropping his knife and fork. "The missionary, you know," said Captain Dall; "Mr Westwood, who " "Is he is his family in San Francisco?" asked Will, recovering himself and pretending to be busy with his supper. "Ay, he is on his way to England waiting for a ship, I believe; but Buckawanga prefers the goldfields, and so, has come with us, as you see."
Will soon perceived, however, that in the circumstances this was utterly ridiculous, so he made another effort and asked about Flora's father and mother, and then, happy thought, he suddenly remembered Buckawanga, and began to descant upon him, after which he naturally slid into ships and voyaging, and so came abruptly to the question:
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