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Updated: May 15, 2025

Nalrookar track goes through that gate; b't neb' you mind; you keep straight ahead pas' the gate, hon a pad you'll 'ar'ly see; han jist hat the fur hend o' the pine-ridge you'll strike hanuther gate; an' you mus' be very p'tic'lar shettin' 'er. Then take a hangle o' fo'ty-five, with the pine-ridge hon yer back; an' hin fo' mile you'll strike yer las' gate 'ere, hin the co'ner.

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life

"Ahoy, there! you boy, Bill! tell 'em t' look sharp hiccup in getting out long b't sharp, d'y' hear. L'em be quick about it quick, hiccup for by hiccup there's a barrel of pow hiccup powder aboard!" The astounding intelligence, conveyed by the final sentence of this staggering speech, deprived me for the moment of the power of motion. "A barrel of powder aboard!"

Mayne Reid - Ran Away to Sea