EXTREME FONDNESS FOR THE "CREATURE."
An old story of an early settler is told by the Wanganui Herald : two months after the completion of one of the whaling seasons, a man avlio preferred remaining in New Zealand while the remainder of the crew to which he belonged went to Sydney, heard that there was some grog to be got about GO roi ! es from where he was staying. He had just enough money to buy one drink and he set out to get what he could. After getting his drink lie waited till he saw there was no chauce of getting more, and then set out on his return journey. He had, however, brought a little memento, in the shape of the cork bung of the rum keg. This he tied to a string and hung it over his bunk in such a way that he could easily reach it with his hand ; and every morning the first thing after waking up would be to have a smell at his cork. But alas ! this did not last long, for after a time he found that the odour of the ruin had by degrees faded away, and he was left to ruminate on the pleasant past and the prospect of a good time to come with the next whaling season."
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1201, 11 August 1874, Page 4
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219EXTREME FONDNESS FOR THE "CREATURE." Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1201, 11 August 1874, Page 4
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