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The
two
young
men
obeyed
.
They
chose
the
colony
of
Victoria
in
Australia
,
as
the
field
for
sowing
the
paternal
bank-notes
,
and
had
no
reason
to
repent
the
selection
.
At
the
end
of
three
years
the
establishment
was
flourishing
.
In
Victoria
,
New
South
Wales
,
and
Southern
Australia
,
there
are
more
than
three
thousand
stations
,
some
belonging
to
squatters
who
rear
cattle
,
and
others
to
settlers
who
farm
the
ground
.
Till
the
arrival
of
the
two
Pattersons
,
the
largest
establishment
of
this
sort
was
that
of
Mr.
Jamieson
,
which
covered
an
area
of
seventy-five
miles
,
with
a
frontage
of
about
eight
miles
along
the
Peron
,
one
of
the
affluents
of
the
Darling
.
Now
Hottam
Station
bore
the
palm
for
business
and
extent
.
The
young
men
were
both
squatters
and
settlers
.
They
managed
their
immense
property
with
rare
ability
and
uncommon
energy
.
The
station
was
far
removed
from
the
chief
towns
in
the
V.
IV
Verne
midst
of
the
unfrequented
districts
of
the
Murray
.
It
occupied
a
long
wide
space
of
five
leagues
in
extent
,
lying
between
the
Buffalo
Ranges
and
Mount
Hottam
.
At
the
two
angles
north
of
this
vast
quadrilateral
,
Mount
Aberdeen
rose
on
the
left
,
and
the
peaks
of
High
Barven
on
the
right
.
Winding
,
beautiful
streams
were
not
wanting
,
thanks
to
the
creeks
and
affluents
of
the
Oven
's
River
,
which
throws
itself
at
the
north
into
the
bed
of
the
Murray
.
Consequently
they
were
equally
successful
in
cattle
breeding
and
farming
.
Ten
thousand
acres
of
ground
,
admirably
cultivated
,
produced
harvests
of
native
productions
and
exotics
,
and
several
millions
of
animals
fattened
in
the
fertile
pastures
.
The
products
of
Hottam
Station
fetched
the
very
highest
price
in
the
markets
of
Castlemaine
and
Melbourne
.
Michael
and
Sandy
Patterson
had
just
concluded
these
details
of
their
busy
life
,
when
their
dwelling
came
in
sight
,
at
the
extremity
of
the
avenue
of
the
oaks
.
It
was
a
charming
house
,
built
of
wood
and
brick
,
hidden
in
groves
of
emerophilis
.
Nothing
at
all
,
however
,
belonging
to
a
station
was
visible
--
neither
sheds
,
nor
stables
,
nor
cart-houses
.
All
these
out-buildings
,
a
perfect
village
,
comprising
more
than
twenty
huts
and
houses
,
were
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
off
in
the
heart
of
a
little
valley
.
Electric
communication
was
established
between
this
village
and
the
master
's
house
,
which
,
far
removed
from
all
noise
,
seemed
buried
in
a
forest
of
exotic
trees
.
At
Sandy
Patterson
's
bidding
,
a
sumptuous
breakfast
was
served
in
less
than
a
quarter
of
an
hour
.
The
wines
and
viands
were
of
the
finest
quality
;
but
what
pleased
the
guests
most
of
all
in
the
midst
of
these
refinements
of
opulence
,
was
the
joy
of
the
young
squatters
in
offering
them
this
splendid
hospitality
.
It
was
not
long
before
they
were
told
the
history
of
the
expedition
,
and
had
their
liveliest
interest
awakened
for
its
success
.
They
spoke
hopefully
to
the
young
Grants
,
and
Michael
said
:
"
Harry
Grant
has
evidently
fallen
into
the
hands
of
natives
,
since
he
has
not
turned
up
at
any
of
the
settlements
on
the
coast
.
He
knows
his
position
exactly
,
as
the
document
proves
,
and
the
reason
he
did
not
reach
some
English
colony
is
that
he
must
have
been
taken
prisoner
by
the
savages
the
moment
he
landed
!
"
