CONTENTS. Xlll 



man fat — Ascent of trees in pursuit of game— Parrots 

 and cockatoos— The emu— The native porcupine— Species 

 of ophthalmia, termed the blight — Leave the Tumat 

 country — Banks of the Murrumbidgee — Aborigines — 

 Water gum-tree — Kangaroo-rat — The fly-catcher— The 

 satin bird — Sheep stations — Colonial industry . 283 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Flocks of pelicans and grey parrots — Arrive at Jugiong — 

 A busy scene — ^The harvest — Quails and Hawks — Mr. 

 Hume's farm — Domestic life among the settlers — Miss 

 ray way in the forest — Mr. Reddal's farm — Disease called 

 the Black Leg — Mr. Bradley's residence at Lansdowne 

 Park — Drooping manna trees — Christmas festival — Mr. F. 

 M'Arthur's farm — Aboriginal tribes — Native costume — 

 Noisy revelry — Wild ducks and pigeons — Spiders . 310 



CHAPTER XVn. 



Arrive at Wombat Brush — Animals called Wombat— Parched 

 country — Road-side houses— Colonial English — Column to 

 the memory of La Perouse — Death of Le Receveur — 

 Sydney police-office — The Bustard— Botanic garden — The 

 aborigines — King Bungaree — The castor-oil shrub— Dis- 

 eases of Australia — New Zealanders — Australian ladies — 

 Prejudice against travellers from Botany Bay — Anecdote — 

 A fishing excursion— Cephalopodous animals— Conclusion 

 of the author's researches in this colony . . 329 



