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As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary -- / For the plot was void of interest -- 'twas the Postal Guide, in fact, / There I learnt the true location, distance, size, and population / Of each township, town, and village in the radius of the Act.
And I learnt that Puckawidgee stands beside the Murrumbidgee, / And that Booleroi and Bumble get their letters twice a year, / Also that the post inspector, when he visited Collector, / Closed the office up instanter, and re-opened Dungalear.