"Might have guessed that miserable little Cullen was up to her
old sneaking ways." And to explain Mac's former "dratting," the Maluka
said: "It's a way the rivers have up here. They entice travellers over
with smiles and promises, and before they can get back, call down the
flood waters and shut them in."
"I'm glad I thought of the wire," Mac added cheerfully, and slipped into
reminiscences of the Wet, drawing the Maluka also into experiences. And
as they drifted from one experience to another, forced camps for days on
stony outcrops in the midst of seas of water were touched on lightly as
hardly worth mentioning; while "eating yourself out of tucker, and getting
down to water-rats and bandicoots," compared favourably with a day or two
spent in trees or on stockyard fences. As for crossing a river on a
stout wire rope! After the first few reminiscences, and an incident or
two in connection with "doing the horse's-tail trick," that appeared an
exceedingly safe and pleasant way of overcoming the difficulty, and it
became very evident why women do not travel "during the Wet.
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