"The same man told me that she can swim like a fish, and handle a boat as well as any fisherman on the lakes.  Her father used to own part of a fishing-boat, and she has been out with him on the wildest nights.  Yes, you’d certainly call our ’Possum a young lady of mixed accomplishments. But I suppose one would find a good many like her, if one went hunting in the Bush districts. She’s just what her upbringing has made her."