John H. W. Pettit letters to his family in England, illustrated with sketches by the writer, 1852-1868 - Page 207
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time has it made me boil over with repation and annoyance - and often have I felt an almost irresistible inclinat.n [inclination] to kick it over - and would have felt the greatest pleasure on taking a waddy and knocking it to pieces = So soon as my own arrived I packed it off = I really think it must have involved a top of more than 25 per cent of my
time. I was obliged to work like a blessed nigger to keep my work up at all near the mark and it will take me at least 6 or 8 weeks before I can get quite round = As you may suppose it was a source of so much anxiety & worry that I was really getting quite thin -
Well as I said before the case came at last. I was at the time employed cutting up sand on a Station belonging to a Mr McLeod - and while at work there
was living with the family as a guest