THIS TASMANIAN RUSH.

Kumara Times, Issue 922, 13 September 1879, Page 2

THIS TASMANIAN RUSH.

The following extract from a letter, from and old West Coaster to a resident in. this town, will he read with interest by those who a short time ago suffered a severe attack of Tasmainian gold fever. After describing his adventures generally, the writer goes on to say— I have been down to the Pieman, which I have no doubt G; has told yon all about. Just arrived in Launceston yesterday, half starved; we had no provisions, and boats could not get over the bar. Fourteen days on nothing but flour. At last we had to come down to rats, or anything else in the shape of tucker we could gert; so made up our minds to go overland and face the horizontal scrub. No doubt persons unacquainted with this particular branch of botany will imagine that it is like most other kinds, but just fancy facing a regiment of liutish infantry, with fixed bayonets, and you may arrive at some idea of the dilficulty of getting through it ; sometimes you may be 40 feet or so above ground (that is for those who make the attempt) then gradually get nearer ten a firms, when, !o j you find yourself suspended by neck or arms, as may happen, or precipitated a* lav feet from the position you lately occupied to one much loss dignified, sprawling on the ground and your swag, as you may roughly say, grinning at you from an unapproachable height above. Some of my acquaintances remain there and rot. You can judge for yourself how well fitted we were after our flour diet to lace such ditii cnlties. I think it would puzzle mathematicians to define the profit made by “ Pub” on our ar-

Hval in town, who sitpplifid Ws with a feed at “ a hob a nob.” But this will soon all be forgotten as I am dunking of taker) a look at Mount.. Arthur, and ghduld t §ed nothing worth while, I will likely Some back to New Zealand.