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214. Tou, Toi, and Toa, 215. Manufacture of Pitch from the Bread 

 Fruit, 215. Candle Nut Tree, 215, 216. Surveys of the Squadron 

 216. Native Fono, 216. Departure from the Samoiin Group, and Ar- 

 rival at Sydney, 217. 



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New Holland, or Australia, 218. Position of the Continent, 218. Firsl 

 Discovery, 219. Subsequent Explorations, 219, 220. Geographical 

 Features, 220. Mountain Ranges, 221, 222. Interior of the Country 

 222, 223. Geological Formation, 223. The Uplands, 224. Theory 

 of Formation, 225. Harbors, 225. Port Jackson, 226. Rivers, 226. 

 The Hawkesbury, 227. The Murray and its Tributaries, 228, 229. 

 Lakes, 229. Character of the Country in respect of Fertility, 230. 

 Soil, 230. Geology and Mineral Substances, 230, 231. Climate, 231, 

 232. Tropical Australia, 232. Wet and Dry Seasons, 233. Atmos- 

 pheric Phenomena, 233. Diseases, 234. Peculiarities in the Vegetable 

 Kingdom, 234, 235. General Arrangement of Plants, 235, 236: Cere- 

 alia, Native Grasses, and Fruits, 236. Other Productions, 237. Cotton, 

 Coffee, and other Tropical Plants, 238. Forest Scenery, 238, 239. 

 Timber Trees, 239. Eucalypti, 239, 240. Medicinal Trees, 240. Im- 

 pressions on the Mind of a Stranger, 240, 241. State of Agriculture 

 and Horticulture, 241. Animal Existence, 241, 242. Birds, 242, 213. 

 Cassowary, 212. Black Swan, 243. Mammalia, 213. Marsupialia, 

 •J 13, 2 1 !. Kangaroo, 244. Other Genera, 2 1 1, 245. Omithorhynchuss 

 2 1.3, 246. Rodentia, 246. Domestic Animals, 2 16, 2 17. Reptiles and 

 Fish, 247. Insects, 248. Personal Appearance of the Aborigines, 248, 

 249. Character, 249, 250. Native Huts and Weapons, 250. Boo- 

 mereng, 251. Canoes, 251. Mode of Living, 251. Ideas of Gov- 

 ernment, 252. Customs, 252. " Making Young Men," 252, 253. 

 Amusements, 253. Burying the Dead, 253. Superstitions, 253, 254, 

 255. Poetic Idea in Regard to Sleep, 255. First Colonization of Aus- 

 tralia, 255. Embarrassments and Changes in the Government, 256. 

 Cost of Establishing Colony of New South Wales, 257. Encourage- 

 ment of Immigration, 257, 258. Speculation in Wild Lands, 258. 

 tbordinate Penal Colonies, 258. Other Settlements by Voluntary 

 Immigrants, 258, 259. West Australia, 258. South Australia, 2 

 Port Phillip, 259. North Australia, 259, 260. Population of Australia, 

 260. Government, 260, 261. The Judiciary, 261. dolonial Life, 261, 

 262. Different Classes of Society, 262. Amusements and Fashions. 

 2G2. Schools, Colleges, and Literary and Benevolenl Societies, 263. 

 le of Building, I. Condition of the Convicts. 264. Their 



Treatment, 2G-(, 2C5. Di c n linuance of Xew South Wales as a Penal 



