Vulgar words in Twice Lost (Page 1)
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You must be pretty well knocked up, sir," he said.
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JOURNEY COMMENCED--OUR NIGHT ENCAMPMENT--WITNESS A CORROBORREE, OR SKELETON DANCE--NATIVES VISIT US--A MAGICIAN PLAYS OFF HIS TRICKS-- NATIVE SUPERSTITIONS--JOURNEY RESUMED--CURIOUS TREES--CAMP ALARMED BY A "LAUGHING JACKASS"--HALT FOR THE DAY--EXPEDITION--DISCOVER AN OLD WOMAN TRYING TO AROUSE THE NATIVES TO ATTACK US--PULLINGO APPEARS TO WARN US-- WE RETREAT--A HURRIED MARCH--A LITTER FORMED FOR EDITH--AGAIN ENCAMP--A FUGITIVE--SURPRISED BY THE NATIVES--PROVE TO BE FRIENDS OF PULLINGO--THE MARCH RESUMED.
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Mudge, who followed me, said that he also heard the sounds during the whole of his watch; indeed, the natives must have kept up their festivities, if so they could be called, till the "laughing jackass"--which performs the duty of a cock in Australia, by chattering vociferously just before sunrise--warned them to seek repose.
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We found that our nocturnal visitor was no other than that well-known member of the feathered tribe, the "laughing jackass;" more scientifically denominated the "giant kingfisher."
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Even before the sun was up, our friend the "laughing jackass" woke us with his strange cries.
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We were awakened in the morning by the loud cry of our friend the "laughing jackass."