CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND-MODE

OF PRESERVING PLANTS AND SEEDS-ST. JAGO-DE-

PERTH-ANECDOTE OF THE DOCTOR OF THE L——————, OPI-

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CERNING

THE

COLONY-APPRENTICES-RECENT AC-

COUNTS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENT . . . 1

CHAPTER II.

ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY-MODE OF

TRAVELLING

IN THE

"BUSH"-WHERE UNLOCATED LAND IS TO BE FOUND

-ROUTES TO THE VARIOUS SETTLEMENTS-LIVERPOOL

CONTENTS.

-CAMPBELL TOWN-COW

PASTURES-BONG

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BONG-

GOULBOURN PLAINS WOLLON DILLI-LAKE GEORGE-

LAKE BATHURST SHOAL HAVEN GULLIES-PERSONS

LOST IN THE WILDS OF NEW HOLLAND-CAVES NEAR

THE GULLIES-DESCENT INTO ILLAWARRA-WALLON-

SIZE OF THE FISH IN THE SHOAL

GONG-GREAT

THE PLAINS OR DOWNS ROUTE TO THE HUNTER-

HAWKESBURY-SCENERY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS-

FALL IN WITH A PARTY OF NATIVES-WOLLOMBI

-MERTON-GAMMON

PLAINS SINGULAR APPEAR-

ANCE OF THE LAND-MOUNT BOOROVAN-CORBORN

COMLEROY REMARKABLE SPRING-BASALTIC COLUMNS

-PURSUIT OF THE EMU LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS-

INVERMEEN-ST. HILIERS MAITLAND COUNTRY ON

THE HUNTER-ENORMOUS TREE-NEWCASTLE-PORT

STEPHENS PORT MACQUARRIE-MORETON BAY-RIVER

NEPEAN COUNTRY ON THE HAWKESBURY

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CHAPTER III.

GENERAL

OBSERVATIONS

ON NEW HOLLAND-CORAL

BANKS ACCOUNT OF THEM BY FLINDERS-MELVILLE

ISLAND BATHURST ISLAND-WEATHER ON THE COASTS

-PREVAILING ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY-EXTENT OF

THE COLONY-CONSIDERABLE SEA SAID TO HAVE BEEN

FOUND IN THE INTERIOR-NORFOLK ISLAND-NEW ZEA-

LAND ISLANDS .

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER IV.

ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA-OBSERVATION ON THEM BY

DAMPIER-EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF DELUSION

-CRUEL TREATMENT OF A SHEPHERD BY A TRIBE-

UNFEELING CONDUCT OF THE WHITES-CUSTOMS OF

THE WOLLOMBI NATIVES SUPERSTITIOUS IMPRESSIONS

-WARS-NATIVES

MORETON BAY COWARRWEL

AT

BLACKS THE KABARRAH-WEAPONS DIFFICULTY OF

RECLAIMING THE NATIVES-SAID TO BE CANNIBALS

THEIR LANGUAGE-ANIMALS OF NEW HOLLAND-WON-

DERFUL TENACITY OF LIFE DISPLAYED BY THE NA-

TIVE DOG-VARIOUS KINDS OF THE KANGAROO-REP-

TILES, BIRDS, INSECTS, VEGETATION-RAPIDITY

THE GROWTH OF TREES CLIMATE-HOT WINDS-DES-

TRUCTIVE FIRES-DROUGHT

OF

CHAPTER V.

SKETCH OF SYDNEY-ENVIRONS-SOIL-PRICES OF PRO-

VISIONS PUBLIC HOUSES POPULATION-SOCIETY-

CONVICTS-RATIONS ALLOWED THEM-EXTRACT FROM

A LETTER WRITTEN BY ONE-BUSH RANGERS-REPORT

CONCERNING A COLONY OF RUNAWAYS-EXPORTS-IM-

PORTS REVENUE-SALARIES OF PERSONS HOLDING

SITUATIONS UNDER GOVERNMENT HORSES UNCOM-

BY THEM-CATTLE-CURIOUS

MON INSTINCT SHOWN

DOCILITY OF A BULLOCK-PRICE OF CATTLE—SHEEP—

UACCOUNTABLE CIRCUMSTANCE RESPECTING A FLOCK

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186

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300

ARRIVAL AT HOBART TOWN-EXCURSIONS INTO THE IN-

TERIOR-LAUNCESTON-STORM BAY-SKETCH OF THE

CAPITAL-POPULATION--SOCIETY-CONVICTS ANEC-

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GRAPHY

CHAPTER VII.

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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLONIES-PUBLIC WORKS

-SCHOOLS-LAND

REGULATIONS-VARIOUS MODES OF

CLEARING LAND-EXPENSE OF DITTO SQUATTERS—

CAPITAL REQUIRED-DESCRIPTION OF PERSONS LIKELY

TO SUCCEED IN THE COLONIES-DIFFICULTY OF PRO-

CURING STEADY SERVANTS-WAGES OF MECHANICS-

DISTRESS OF THE SETTLERS, HOW CAUSED-COMPARA-

TIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE COLO-

NIES OBJECTIONS TO SETTLING THERE-INDUCEMENTS

TOUR IN AUSTRALIA.

CHAPTER I.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOYAGE

FROM ENGLAND-MODE OF

PRESERVING PLANTS AND SEEDS-ST. JAGO-DESCRIPTION OF PORTO PRAYA-APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY-DROUGHT -ARRIVAL AT SWAN RIVER-GAGES'S ROADS-COCKBURN SOUND FREEMANTLE-PERTH-ANECDOTE OF THE DOCTOR

OF THE LOPINIONS RESPECTING THE SOIL-EXCURSION UP THE SWAN, AND CANNING-DARLING RANGE OF MOUNTAINS ABORIGINES-THEIR ADDICTION TO MIMICRYGARDEN ISLAND-CLIMATE-CONFLICTING STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COLONY-APPRENTICES-RECENT ACCOUNTS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENT.

SHIPS bound to the Australian colonies, sail at all times of the year; but it is by no means an easy matter to ascertain the precise period fixed for their departure; for such is the anxiety of the agents to secure passengers, that they will not hesitate to state a positive time, although

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