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When the fight was quite over, and Heathcote's party had returned to their horses, Medlicot for a few minutes was faint and sick, but he revived after a while, and declared himself able to sit on his horse. There was a difficulty in getting him up, but when there he made no further complaint.
"This," said he, as he settled himself in his saddle, "is my first Christmas Day in Australia. I landed early in January, and last year I was on my way home to fetch my mother. "