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God! whoight it's wonderful and awful. Good Lord, 

 what a noight — what a noight. Eh! God presarve all 

 poor mariners on the Western coast this noight." 



It struck him as so astounding, that he determined 

 his fellow travellers should look at it, and roared out 

 with increased vehemence — "Coompany! Eh! they're 

 dead, I reckon. Eh! my God! what a noight. Awful!" 



So he went on till the English gentleman became 

 frenzied and spoke: "I wish, sir, you would show some 

 feeling for us, and hold your tongue. We were all asleep 

 when you came in, and you've done nothing but talk 

 and disturb us ever since. You are a positive nuisance,'''' 



"Eh!" exclaimed the drover surprised, "I loike that, 

 indeed! Aw've as much roight here I reckon as others — 

 dom av've paid, haven't I?" 



Hearing no confirmation for these statements, the 

 sense of injustice rose in him, and he proceeded to 

 recount his claims for consideration. 



"Aw'm a respeftable mon — my name's John Luckie — 

 I owes nobody onything — I pays King's taxes — I'm a 

 respedlable mon, I say. Aw help to support Church and 

 State." 



On he went with all the senseless swagger of cup 

 valour and self-laudation, till once more the Englishman 

 gave vent to anger, and the huge drover again summed 

 up his title to respeft. 



"Eh! dom!— what have I done? I coom'd into t'coich 

 loike a gentleman — didn't I? I was civil — wasn't I? 

 I said Coompany, oop or down. But ye none o' ye had 

 the politeness to answer! Ye were not loike gentlemen! 



