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Updated: May 7, 2025
"Come back!" cried Rob. "It is only a paddy-melon, and won't hurt you or any one else." Tommy, however, would not stop. "Come along, Edgar, and catch the child," cried Rob, forgetting Effie and Albert, whom he had not seen for some minutes. It was some time before Tommy could be overtaken. "You stupid monkey!" cried Rob, when he caught him; "there are no snakes here to do you any harm."
The fire was quickly lighted, and after a good breakfast on a paddy-melon a small species of kangaroo which Hector had shot the previous evening, we felt greatly revived, and fully able to continue the journey; indeed, I felt myself as strong as ever. Guy and Hector ran alongside the horses, and we made good progress.
We had provisions enough for the evening, but should have to go on short commons the next day, unless we could shoot a paddy-melon or some birds.
To go on hour after hour with huge gum-trees on every side, the only change being the sight of a kangaroo, a wallaby, a bandicoot, or a jolly little paddy-melon hopping away. Two days had passed away; the young explorers made good progress. They now discovered, what caused them some anxiety, that they were running short of ammunition.
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