ten-by-five

Updated: May 19, 2025

And I, for one, will never believe the trail of the serpent to be so indelible that barefaced incongruity must dog the footsteps of civilisation. Dan O'Connell's ten-by-five paddock lay end-on to my route; his hut being about midway down the line of fence.

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life

Then, whilst we saddled-up and rode off together at a walk, the conversation naturally drifted to horses, until about ten o'clock, when we stopped at a little wicket-gate in the north-east corner of Alf's ten-by-five paddock. "You're in the Patagonia Paddock now," said he, as I passed through the gate. "You'll strike the track in six miles.

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life