I little thought then that this was already an outlying Picquet of the Bogan Blacks, sent forward to observe my party.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
A Picquet was posted on the main road outside Battalion headquarters, and on arrival returning prisoners were escorted to a billet which was prepared for them.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
"It is the Indian Picquet," said O'Flaherty, calmly; "and as the facts I have been detailing may be more palpable to your mind, you shall see them with your own eyes.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)