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Title: The Australian Crusoes; or, The adventures of an English settler and his family in the wilds of Australia
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Rowcroft, Charles, d. 1856
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Hazard
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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joymentwhich his sour face exhibited. He gave me a glance,which said, without the necessity of words, This is theway they milk a cow in this country. The cow, how-ever, was not milked yet; to arrive at that conclusion,some further steps were necessary. The animal was nowstanding with its legs firmly planted before it, its neckelongated, its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and kick-ing with its hind legs continuously. These refractorymembers were now secured by a loop, into which they weredexterously insinuated, and half a dozen men catchingup the end, hauled it out, and kept it on the stretch, toprevent her from plunging about. The creature, itseems, was now in a correct posture to be milked. Crabgave me another look. The man with the one-legged stool and pannikin nowadvanced, speaking soothingly to the animal to be ope-rated on, and using much ceremony and caution in hisapproach. Seiziijg a favourable opportunity, he contrivedto squeeze a few drops of milk into his pannikin; but the
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Australian Hospitality. 41 sensitive cow, outraged, it scemorl, at this indignity ouher person, gave a sudden plunge, which upset the heel-rope holders, and, recovering her legs, she kicked man,stool, and pannikin over and over. Shouts of laughterproclaimed the amusement of the bystanders, and numer-ous were the gibes and jeers lavished on the occasion.And now, the pride of the stockmen being roused, andtheir honour piqued by the presence besides of twostrangers, the witness of their manoeuvres, they set toagain to manacle the almost-spent animal; and he of thepannikin, discarding the stool as a womanly encumbrance,boldly kneeling down, with the determination of a hero,and undaunted by the moanings and writhings of his vic-tim, contrived to exude from her about half a pint ofmilk. This triumph achieved, the cow was set at liberty,the poles of the gateway were withdrawn, and the animalbounded into the bush. Well, master, said Crab, did you ever see a cowmilked that way before ? Surely,

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