along the base of the half-moon of sand. The more gold there is in the dirt,

or the coarser the gold is, the sooner it appears. A practised digger

can work off the last speck of gravel, without losing a `colour',

by just working the water round and off in the dish. Also a careful digger

could throw a handful of gold in a tub of dirt, and, washing it off

in dishfuls, recover practically every colour.

The gold-washing `cradle' is a box, shaped something like a boot,

and the size of a travelling trunk, with rockers on, like a baby's cradle,