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A Boy's Voyage Round the World

Samuel Smiles · 1868-1871 (composed largely during the voyage narrative and redacted/arranged for publication by the editor)

passage 8 of 162 · CHAPTER I.

GOLD-BUYING AND GOLD-MINING. 140

HOW THE GOLD IS FOUND--GOLD-WASHING--QUARTZ-CRUSHING--BUYING GOLD FROM CHINAMEN--ALLUVIAL COMPANIES--BROKEN-DOWN MEN--UPS AND DOWNS IN GOLD-MINING--VISIT TO A GOLD MINE--GOLD-SEEKING--DIGGERS' TALES OF LUCKY FINDS

ROUGH LIFE AT THE DIGGINGS--"STOP THIEF!" 153

GOLD-RUSHING--DIGGERS' CAMP AT HAVELOCK--MURDER OF LOPEZ--PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER--THE THIEVES HUNTED FROM THE CAMP--DEATH OF THE MURDERER--THE POLICE--ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF THE COLLINGWOOD BANK--ANOTHER SUPPOSED ROBBERY--"STOP THIEF!"--SMART USE OF THE TELEGRAPH

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A Boy's Voyage Round the World · Samuel Smiles · 1868–1871