"When Tom?"
"In 1851."
"Where was it found next?"
"In Victoria."
"When Tom?"
"In 1852."
(Please to understand that these questions were not asked straight off, but at intervals, and artfully, as if the questioner did not wish to be suspected of having any interest in the subject.)
"Were there any large nuggets found in New South Wales, Tom?"
"Yes, lots of 'em. But none came up to the first specimen, which was got near the surface at Bathurst, and which was sold for heaps of money."
"Who found it?"