CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE KINDUR, IN 1831-2. 



CHAPTER I. 



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A Bushranger's story — My plan of exploration — Preparations — De- 

 parture from Sydney — A garden — Country between Sydney and the 

 Hawkesbury — Beyond the Hawkesbury — Summit of Warrawolong — 

 Natives of Brisbane Water — The Wollorabi — Valley of the Hunter — 

 Fossils of the Hunter — IMen employed on the expedition — Equipment — 

 Burning grass — Aborigines and Colonists — " Cambo," a wild native — A 

 Colonist of the right sort — Escape of the Bushranger, " the Barber" — 

 Burning Hill of " Wingen" — Approach Liverpool Range — Cross it — A 

 sick tribe — Interior waters — Liverpool Plains— Proposed route — Horses 

 astray — A Squatter — Native guide and his gin — Modes of drinking au 

 naturel — Woods on fire — Cross the Turi Range — Arrive on the River 

 Peel — Fishes — Another native guide — Explore the Peel . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Enter an unexplored region — Situation of Mr. Oxley's camp on the Peel — 

 Westward course of the river — Kangaroo shot — Calcareous rocks — 

 Acacia pendula first seen — Other trees near the liver — Junction of the 

 Peel and Muluerindie — View from Perimbungay — Ford of Wallanburra 

 — Plains of Mulluba — View from Mount Ydirc' — Hills seen agree with 

 the bushranger's account — The river " Nammoy'' — Stock-yard of the 

 bushranger — Singular fish — View from Tangulda — Cutting through a 

 thick scrub — Want of water — Impeded by a lofty range of mountains — 

 Marks of natives' feet — Maule's rivei* — A grilled snake — View on as- 

 cending the range of Nundawar — Native female — Proposed excursion 

 with pack-horses — Native guide absconds — The range impassable^ 

 Return to Tangulda — Prepare to launch the boats on the Nammoy 36 



