covery of gold in Australia as well as in California.
The story goes that an Englishman, named Har-
graves, came one day to the Coloma mill for lumber.
He seemed specially in a bad humor, for he was curs-
ing California, and the people, and lauding to 'eaven
hevery thing, Haustralian and Henglish. Marshall
let him go on for a while without saying a word.
Finally he broke out:
"See here, my friend 1" if you don't like this coun- try, why do you come here ? Nobody invites you. Nobody will cry if you take yourself off. Go home and dig gold. I warrant you I could find the stuff in Australia." The spea,ker, beginning sharply, had gradually, almost unconsciously dropped into a medi- tative strain.
The man took it up in earnest. Marshall was a great character thereabout; he had found gold in California, and surely he must know if it was in Aus- tralia.
"Do you really think so?" asked Hargraves.
"I ani sure of it," said Marshall.
"If I thought so I would go." And he went. And for the millions of pounds sterling turned by this means into the British treasury, he received from the British government £5,000, and from the Australian government £10,000, while Marshall from his un- grateful country received nothing.
Everybody was busy and cheerful at the Coloma mill on the afternoon of the 24th of January 1848, for the heavy rains which had threatened to destroy the dam during the first half of the month had ceased, and the danger was past. There were several of the Battalion boys here at work in various ways'. They had come hither, last from the half-completed flour- ing-mill at Brighton ; and such had been their suffer- ings during their terrible march from Council Bluff and Santa Fe, as to make the double pine-log-and- clapboarded cabin seem exceedingly comforta
