“‘I want your cob,’ said I (for I was on foot); ‘I’m a starving Jack, and as I can’t get a ship I’m going to take to the bush.’
“He shrugged his shoulders.
“‘To starve there?’ said he. ‘My friend, it is a poor sport, this bushranging. I have looked into the matter on my own account. You not only die like a dog, but you live like one too. It is not worth while. No crime is worth while under five figures, my friend. A starving Jack,
“‘I want your cob,’ said I (for I was on foot); ‘I’m a starving Jack, and as I can’t get a ship I’m going to take to the bush.’
“He shrugged his shoulders.
“‘To starve there?’ said he. ‘My friend, it is a poor sport, this bushranging. I have looked into the matter on my own account. You not only die like a dog, but you live like one too. It is not worth while. No crime is worth while under five figures, my friend. A starving Jack,
