An empire story; stories of India and the greater colonies told to children (1908) (14767353521)

"NATIVES GATHERED ROUND THEM": John Hunter, Matthew Flinders, and George Bass meet indigenous Australians
Identifier: empirestorystori01mars (find matches)
Title: An empire story; stories of India and the greater colonies told to children
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth), 1867-1941
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Publisher: New York, F.A. Stokes Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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he swift waves, sunderThe flying rollers with frothy feet.One gleam like a blood-shot sword swims onThe skyline, staining the green gulf crimson,A death stroke fiercely dealt by a dim sun,That strikes through his stormy winding-sheet. Oh! brave white horses! you gather and gallop.The storm sprite loosens the gusty reins ;Now the stoutest ship were the frailest shallopIn your hollow backs, on your high arched manes. A. Lindsay Gordon. It was not until the town of Sydney had been foundedfor some years that anything was known of the greatisland upon which it was built. But at last peoplebecame curious to know more about their new home. When Captain John Hunter came out from home asGovernor of New South Wales, there came with him twodaring young men. The one was George Bass, the shipsdoctor, and the other Matthew Flinders, a midshipman.Flinders was only twenty-one, and Bass a few yearsolder. These two soon became fast friends. They bothwere eager to know more of the land to which they had
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GEORGE BASS AND MATTHEW FLINDERS 137 come, and about a month after they arrived in Sydney,they set out on a voyage of discovery in a Httle boat ofeight feet long. They called it the Tom Thumb, andthe whole crew was themselves and a boy. In this tiny boat they sailed out into the great Pacific,and made for Botany Bay. Here they cruised in andout of aU the creeks and bays, making maps of every-thing, and after an adventurous time they got safelyback to Sydney. But they were not long content toremain there. Soon they started out agaui, and againhad many adventures. Once they got into such a storm that their little boatwas nearly swamped. They themselves were soaked tothe skin, their drinking water was aU spoiled, and, worstof aU, their gunpowder was wet and useless. So they rowed to shore, meaning to land and dry theirthings, and look for fresh water. As they landed, severalnatives gathered round them. Bass and Fluiders hardlyknew what to do. The natives about were said to bevery fierce,