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go up a much larger tree then the men could by
their way, = The young fellows were a merry lot of fellows = used
to get drunk any chance they could get = Blackfellow's Rum
was only 2/6 a bottle = they used to have great rows sometimes
but were never stingey or greedy about their food, with one-
another - would always freely give a feed,or a drink if
they had it & tobacco the same, they always asked a
White as soon as they got a chance = "You give me backa"
I have sometimes for fun as soon as I met a Darkey asked
him before he got a chance = "You got plenty bacca" they
always looked quite astonished = quite flabergasted =
but they would always give half = If they had got a bottle
always would press you to have a drink, Once I was up
at the Crossing place when I saw Paddy carring a bottle
and Peter with him, they were comming over and were
pretty tight and were tumbling about in the River, I was
looking on and enjoying the fun and when they got
out I must have some rum = with all his tumbles Paddy
had kept the bottle all right, I would not have any
said I could not drink out of a bottle, "All right
says Paddy "we got him tinder box you drink him
out of that" (I don't suppose you ever saw one of these
tinder boxes. I have not seen one for many years
They were made of brass, about 1 inch indiameter_round
and about three inches long = one end was closed by a
tight fitting lid, the other was closed by a sliding end
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