A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



kept locked. The distillers were under the general 

 supervision of the cook, and were set up close to the 

 kitchen fire. They have, of course, a special man 

 to look after them ; in this case Laban, who very- 

 soon learnt how to work them, and his lapses were 

 not very frequent. He was a very quiet lad, who 

 gave no trouble whatever, and came with us all 

 the way to Broken Hill. 



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