Excerpt from Adventures in Australia in 1852 and 1853Sure, responded another Pat, does not he tell you he does not faal aisy at all. One could see in their countenances the humorous satisfaction entertained at seeing an Ould acquaintance and companion in an awkward position. For who loves a practical joke better than an Irishman? Who can enter with as much gusto into the ridiculous as the Celt from the Emerald Isle? Piggy, notwithstanding his plaints and supplica tions, was safely secured under the long boat. These little incidents distracted for a time our attention from the subject upper most to the minds Of all - a long and distant voyage, and the painful separation from friends and Old associations, hallowed by many personally interesting events. TO those who had never been at sea, the fears Of a long sea voyage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.