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Riding to higher ground I kept close watch on the few open patches up on the slope. The chase led toward us for a while. Suddenly I saw a big bear with a frosted coat go lumbering across one of these openings. "Silvertip! Silvertip!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "I saw him!" My call thrilled everybody. Vern spurred his horse and took to the right. Teague advised that we climb the slope.
Teague and I climbed on top and R.C., with Vern, went below just along the timber line. The climb on foot took all my strength, and many times I had to halt for breath. The air was cold. We stole along the rim and peered over. R.C. and Vern looked like very little men far below, and the dogs resembled mice. Teague climbed higher, and left me on a promontory, watching all around.
We packed to break camp, and after breakfast it took hours to get our outfit in shape to start a long string, resembling a caravan. I knew that events would occur that day. First we lost one of the dogs. Vern went back after him. The dogs were mostly chained in pairs, to prevent their running off.
The Stringocephalus is also so abundant in the Middle Devonian of the banks of the Rhine as to have suggested the name of Stringocephalus Limestone. Megalodon cucullatus, Sowerby. Eifel; also Bradley, S. Devon. a. The valves united. b. Conularia ornata, D'Arch. and De Vern. Ser. volume 6. Bronteus flabellifer, Goldf. Mid.
With the cowboy Vern setting the pace we plunged after them. It was rough country. Bogs, brooks, swales, rocky little parks, stretches of timber full of windfalls, groves of aspens so thick we could scarcely squeeze through all these obstacles soon allowed the hounds to get far away. We came out into a large park, right under the mountain slope, and here we sat our horses listening to the chase.
The delegates having returned to Ballarat, a great meeting was held, and Kennedy, Humffray, Black, Lalor, and Vern made inflammatory speeches, in which they persuaded the diggers to pass a resolution, declaring they would all burn their licences and pay no more fees.
"He ain't much like your Silvermane or Black Star," said Teague, laughing. "What do you know about them?" I asked, very much pleased at this from him. "Well, I know all about them," he replied. "I'll have you the best horse in this country in a few days. Fact is I've bought him, an' he'll come with my cowboy, Vern.... Now, we're organized. Let's move."
The diggers had formed an entrenchment, called the Eureka Stockade, and had enclosed about an acre of ground with a high slab fence. In the midst of this stronghold they proclaimed the "Republic of Victoria"; and here they were able to carry on their drilling unmolested, under the command of the two leaders Vern, a German, and Peter Lalor, the son of an Irish gentleman.
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