ABSTRACT
For a long time, as is invariably the case between the first discovery and the announcement of the first decided success, the public were kept on the qui vivo , elated beyond measure, when some fortunate fellow found a nugget, and as unduly depressed when others, who perhaps had worked hard for weeks or months and had found nothing, returned or sent letters describing their disappointments. For a long time, as is invariably the case between the first discovery and the announcement of the first decided success, the public were kept on the qui vivo , elated beyond measure, when some fortunate fellow found a nugget, and as unduly depressed when others, who perhaps had worked hard for weeks or months and had found nothing, returned or sent letters describing their disappointments. The gold district was at that time supposed by Mr. McLachlan to be about fifty miles long by eight broad.
