CONTENTS. xv 



CHAPTER X. 1850. 



TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Statues of Washington — Journey to Wilmington — Dicmxa — Charleston — Dr. H. — 

 Dr. G. — Palmetto — Dr. B. — Journey to Savannah — Town — Vegetation — 

 Cotton — Rice mill — Quoit club — Arrival at Key West — First walk — Palm 

 trees — Seaweeds — Washington — Lectures at Institute— Scientific Meeting at 

 Charleston — Professor Agassiz. ..... Pages 199 — 211 



CHAPTER XI. 1850— 1S53. 



HOME LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



Arrival home— Remarks on America — English Chinch — National feelings — Visit 

 from Dr. S. of Charleston — Reflections on Death of Sir R. Peel and Duke of 

 Cambridge — Mrs^ Griffiths — Plassey — Acquaintance with Mrs. A. Gatty — 

 Causeway — American travellers — Co. Tipperary — Mrs. Bell Martin — Church 

 matters — Hippopotamus — Lurgan— Belfast— Armagh — Rev. T. Moriarty — 

 Papal aggression — London Exhibition, 1S51 — Letters to Mrs. Gray — Tour in 

 Switzerland — Prospect of South Sea voyage. . . . Pages 212 — 24'? 



CHAPTER XII. 1S53. 



VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



Gibraltar — Malta — Nile — The desert — Dying camel — Suez — Red Sea — Aden — 

 Arrival at Point de Galle — First drive through tropical scenery — Trincomalee 

 — Palanquin journey of six days — Peradenia — Visit to coffee plantation — 

 Church at Colombo — Algologizing at Belligum Bay — Voyage to King George's 

 Sound— New South Wales " . Pages 244—262 



CHAPTER XIII. 1854. 



AUSTRALIA. 



First impressions of New South Wales — Native convert — Seaweed picking — Cape 

 Riche — Bush journey — Freeman tie — Mr. Drummond — Mgx — Rottennest 

 Island — Arrival at Melbourne — Letters on the deatli of a young relative. 



Pages 263—276 



CHAPTER XIV. 1854—1855. 



AUSTRALIA. 



Port Faery — Phillip Island — Georgetown— Journey to Hobart-town — Visit to 

 Port Arthur — Walk with Lieutenant G. — Dead Island Cemetery — Convict 

 prison — Church sermon — W. S. O'Brien's cottage — Sydney Harbour scenery- 

 Mr. Bennett — Luminous agaric — Newcastle — Hexham — Mr. Scott — Embarks 

 in " John Wesley " for the Friendly Islands. . . . Pages 277— 291 



