VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIIT. 



Quail Shooting— The different Quails peculiar to Port Phillip, 



and a Hint to Bird-catchers 103 



CHAPTER IX. 



A Chapter on the Ornithology and General Fauna of Victoria 115 



CHAPTER X. 



Notices on Shooting — Suggestions for the preservation of the 



Game — The Dogs of the Natives, and Bush Dogs 155 



CHAPTER XL 



The Snakes and Reptiles peculiar to the country, and small 



Bush annoyances 197 



CHAPTER XII. 

 Bush Life 210 



CHAPTER XIII. 



General Remai-ks on the Scenery — The Forests — The Climate, 



and the Seasons of Port Philip 217 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 General Sporting of the Colony— The Turf— The Chase — 



Steeple Chasing — The Ring and Cricket 235 



t CHAPTER XV. 

 River Fish and Angling ; . . . . 243 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 Sea Fish and Sea Fishing 248 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 The Aborigines of the Country — Parting Advice to old Bush 



Friends, and Conclusion 268 



Index 269 



