"Better stay here, squire. Aren't the land good enough for you?"
"Oh yes; the land's good enough, sir."
"Stop and take up a run close by. If you go yonder, the piggers'll eat you without salt."
Here followed a roar of laughter from the party of idlers who were busy doing nothing with all their might, as they lounged about the wharves and warehouses of Port Haven.
Emigrants' guide-books said that Port Haven was a busy rising town well inside the Barrier Reef on the east coast of Northern Australia, and offered abundant opportunities for intending settlers.