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A debate ensues between two men, Buggins and Muggins, both former police officers from London's Baker Street and Bedford Square, as to which area offered the loveliest women. Bets are placed and the debate is adjudicated by a passing Indigenous man, Coorabundy.
Coorabundy, who is holding the stakes, eventually tires of the conversation: 'You two big fools – you talkee here all night;/ Black fellow got de stakes – him hold 'em tight.' Coorabundy then 'decamps with the proceeds'.
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At head of poem: 'The Pastoral, as a feature in English poetry, has long ceased to exist. The Arcadian characteristics, however, of our Australian colonies – recently brought to light – afford every excuse for its revival. Pope says something very clever about pastorals in connection with Theocritus, for which see his works, and find out the passage, if possible. A great many other writers have alluded to the same subject.' (See British Museum Catalogue, Vol. 1 to 398.)
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