mat-making

Updated: July 3, 2026

A man can take a sapling and half kill him, and the dog never gets a show unless he breaks his chain, and that don't happen often. Well, I'd learned carpentering and had a turn at mat-making and a whole lot of other things. They kept me from thinking, as I said before, and the neater I did 'em and the more careful I worked the better it went with me.

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields