unch , ▁simply ▁stated , ▁in ▁the ▁plain ▁and ▁rather ▁under st ated ▁style ▁of ▁a ▁nin ete enth - century ▁Australian ▁bush man ▁( take ▁note ▁that ▁he ▁used ▁first - name , ▁highly ▁unusual ▁for ▁this ▁period ): ▁ ▁Carl ▁was ▁a ▁mate ▁of ▁mine ▁of ▁some ▁ 1 6 ▁years ' ▁standing . ▁The ▁Br is b ane ▁d ail ies ▁supply ▁full ▁particular s ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁g ush ▁about ▁his ▁virt ues . ▁He ▁was ▁my ▁mate , ▁and ▁I ▁always ▁found ▁him ▁' white .' (*) ▁I ▁first ▁met ▁him ▁in ▁Mary borough , ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁just ▁come ▁back ▁from ▁the ▁Bar co o , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁jack ar oo ing . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁y ar ns ▁that ▁ever ▁appeared ▁in ▁P unch ▁and ▁Fig aro ▁I ▁learned ▁from ▁Carl ▁Fe il berg ... ▁ ▁(* ) ▁For ▁an ▁Australian ▁' b ush man ' ▁to ▁call ▁another ▁man ▁' white ' ▁was ▁the ▁greatest ▁honour ▁in ▁those ▁days , ▁equivalent ▁of ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁something ▁like ▁a ▁plain , ▁genu ine ▁and ▁u pr ight ▁man ▁of ▁the ▁highest ▁personal ▁integrity . ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁even ▁on ▁black ▁people ▁at ▁times , ▁one ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁black ▁Dan ish ▁West ▁Indian , ▁turned ▁Australian ▁heavy ▁weight ▁box er , ▁Peter ▁Jackson ▁( box er ) ▁( 1 8 6 1 – 1 9 0 1 ) ▁who ▁was ▁called ▁a ▁' real