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I went away pretty well loaded, and walked to the galley. "Here," I said, trying to speak merrily, but it was all forced, for I felt exceedingly nervous. "I was asking you just now what was for dinner. Here you are kangaroo-tail for our dinner, and that soup in the blue tin; and you're to put plenty of water to this other one, and make a half-bucket-full of soup for the men in the forecastle.
It was kangaroo-tail soup, prepared in the native manner. Next morning very early, they took leave of the young squatters, with hearty thanks and a positive promise from them of a visit to Malcolm Castle when they should return to Europe.
"Mr Frewen said it was wonderfully strong," I said. "Well, we must hope so. Take the tins. You will not make any mistake?" "Oh no, I'll take care," I said. "The yellow one for the men, the blue for us; but you don't catch me touching it." "Nor me, Dale," he said, with a nod. "And look here, I shan't open this, but here's a big tin of kangaroo-tail; give him that too for warming up for our dinner."
By way of a mild vengeance, I had got into the habit of coming out every morning directly I awoke, with my gun, and easing off both barrels amongst the cockatoos, wallabies, or whatever particular class of robbers happened to be afield at the moment a practice which served as a safety-valve for my injured feelings, whilst at the same time it provided me with a cockatoo pie, or a good bowl of kangaroo-tail soup.
Charlie followed one side of the river, carrying the gun, as we meant to celebrate the arrival at the telegraph line with a pot of kangaroo-tail soup. To pass the ridge of rock, the end of the Ramsay Range, it was necessary for us with the camels to keep wide of the river bank and descend a steep little gorge.
"Never wear kangaroo leather boots never use kangaroo skin rugs, and" here it hesitated a little, as though the subject were a most unpleasant one to mention. "Never do what?" enquired Dot, anxious to know all that she should do, so as to be improved. "Never, never eat Kangaroo-tail soup!" said the Kangaroo, solemnly. "I never will," said Dot, earnestly, "I will be an improved Human."
He talked to him about the fish, and said that the hot weather did not agree with them, and that he was afraid that kangaroo-tail was too rich a dish to agree with them, for it was indigestible, and made people drowsy.
"Never wear kangaroo leather boots never use kangaroo skin rugs, and," here it hesitated a little, as though the subject were a most unpleasant one to mention. "Never do what?" enquired Dot, anxious to know all that she should do, so as to be improved. "Never, never eat kangaroo-tail soup!" said the Kangaroo, solemnly. "I never will," said Dot, earnestly, "I will be an improved Human."
Then he told Anderson he would let him have it when he got the deeds. Anderson left, and Dad sat on the edge of the sofa and seemed to be counting the grains on a corn-cob that he lifted from the floor, while Mother sat looking at a kangaroo-tail on the table and did n't notice the cat drag it off. At last Dad said, "Ah, well! it won't be long now, Ellen, before we have the deeds!"
The soups comprised kangaroo-tail a clear soup not unlike ox-tail, but with a flavour of game. I wish I could recollect the names of the fish: the fresh-water ones came a long distance by rail from the river Murray, but were excellent nevertheless.
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