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and a Black Swan, evidently destined for the cooking 

 pot, was tethered in a corner. An Afghan hawker 

 also had his home near the jetty ; it was more modern, 

 and less picturesque, than the wurlie, a two-roomed 

 shanty, with the saving grace of a flower plot be- 



BLACKS' WURLIE, THE COORONG. 



neath each window. Portion of the roof consisted 

 of flattened kerosene tins, yellow-brown with rust. 



Returning to the boat, we found the lower deck 

 aft crowded with pigs and cattle penned apart, of 

 course which protested loudly against the treatment 

 they had received in being driven aboard. These 

 new passengers were not pleasant company, so we 

 climbed to the upper deck and made friends with the 

 skipper, while the steamer passed through "The 



