CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



Leave Yas Plains for Sydney— Mr. Shelley's farm _ Splendid 

 new road Mr. Barber's farm_Shoalhaven gullies— Inte- 

 resting spot— Mr. Campbell's farm— Journey resumed — 

 Settlement of Bong, Bong — Bargo Brush — Profusion of 

 flowering shrubs— View from the summit of Mount Prud- 

 hoe— 'J'he cow pasture road— Farms of Mr. M'Arthur, and 

 Captain Coghill— Flowers— The white cedar— Government 

 hospital at Liverpool ...... 195 



CHAPTER XI. 



Second Journey into the interior commenced — Land of 

 roses — The grape-vine — Foreign grain — Missionary re- 

 wards — Bargo brush — Small species of Lobster — Another 

 species — Snakes — Leeches — Mr. Button's farm — Proceed 

 on the journey to Gudarigby — Native plants — Magnificent 

 mountain view — Our repast — The laughing jackass — A 

 spacious cavern — Its interior — Black swans and other 

 birds 208 



CHAPTER Xn. 



Native dogs — Their tenacity of life— Return to Yas Plains — 

 The Australian raspberry — Native cherry-tree — The sum- 

 mer season— -Tree hoppers — Their clamour — Gannets — 

 Country about the Tuniat river — Bugolong — The Black 

 range — A storm — Vicinity of rivers — Native blacks — 

 Their costume and weapons — Wheat-fields— Destructive 

 birds — Winding course of the Murrumbidgee . 231 



