5/7 He's one as hangs about sometimes." "But I mean he is not one of the more dangerous blacks ?" "Oh no, I think not, sir--so long as you treat him well, and he gets treated right enough with soft tack and mutton. He comes to see our other two as you know." "But does his tribe live about here ?" "I dunno, sir. These chaps is like the cockatoos: they swarm about the place one day, and next day there isn't one, and you might go for a hundred miles and never see one of their blessed heads. |