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Updated: July 12, 2025
"Thanks, my good friend," said the Frenchman, with a sigh, as he laid his head upon his pillow again. Once more filling his water-bag at the wells, the overseer mounted, and, pushing through the scrub, soon emerged upon the open beach, and struck into a canter.
Later in the day after Harlan and Linton had talked long, standing in the door of the blacksmith-shop Linton mounted his horse and rode to where Harlan stood. Linton was prepared for a long ride. Folded in the slicker that was strapped to the cantle of his saddle was food; he carried his rifle in the saddle sheath, and a water-bag bulged above the horse's withers.
It was late when we encamped, and the horses were much in want of water, especially the big cob, who kept coming up to the camp all night and trying to get at our water-bags. We had one small water-bag hung in a tree.
I know the desert. Many hundreds of miles lie between us and the coast. Nothing can be gained by hastening, at first. All may be lost. Let us rest, at all events, until that cursed sun has set!" In silence the Master cast down his water-bag, at the bottom of the little, desolate valley of gravel through which the fugitives were now toiling.
"'Johnny Walker', 'Watson's No. 10', 'King George' any brand you like." "I said sarsaparilla, not whisky," said Stobart. The laugh died out on Tom Gibbon's face. "D'you mean it?" he asked. "Why, yes. What d'you think I'd ask for it for if I didn't want it?" The sarsaparilla bottle was taken down from the shelf and put on the counter, together with a glass and a water-bag.
Baldwin was afterwards before the mast in the 'Elizabeth' schooner; he was a clever man, but fond of drink. The whaleboat anchored off Portsea, but the men did not land for fear of the blacks. At daylight Davy landed to look for water, but could not find any; and there were only three pints in the water-bag.
"Jasmine water," he pleaded, and sank away again into that dream from which he had but just wakened. It had not been all a vision. Water was here at his tongue, his head was pillowed on a woman's breast, lips touched his forehead. But it was not Jasmine's breast; it was not Jasmine's hand which held the nozzle of the water-bag to his parched lips.
"I'd been away from home for eight years," said Mitchell to his mate, as they dropped their swags in the mulga shade and sat down. "I hadn't written a letter kept putting it off, and a blundering fool of a fellow that got down the day before me told the old folks that he'd heard I was dead." Here he took a pull at his water-bag. "When I got home they were all in mourning for me.
He gave it the contents of the water-bag, led it to the top of the cliff, and stood there a brief space to listen. Some wounded men were calling loudly for help, and he was sorry for the poor wretches; but there was no response from their flying comrades.
THE HOT WATER-BAG. The hot water-bag serves the same purpose as hot fomentations, and is much more convenient. No one should go through the period of gestation without a hot water-bag. THE COLD COMPRESS. This is a very desirable and effectual domestic remedy. Take a towel wrung from cold water and apply it to the affected parts; then cover well with several thicknesses of flannel.
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