CHAPTER VIII. 



CONTENTS. 



JAUNT TO PARAMATTA— DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE— OBSERVATORY— GOVERNMENT- 

 HOUSE, AND FARM— VISIT OF NATURALISTS TO ILLAWARRA— WOOLONGONG— VEGETA- 

 TION OF ILLAWARRA— LAKE ILLAWARRA — JAUNT OF MESSRS. HALE AND AGATE TO 

 HUNTER'S RIVER — TOWN OF NEWCASTLE — COAL MINES — CONVICT MARRIAGES — 

 CONVICT STOCKADE — NATIVES — JOURNEY TO LAKE MACQUARIE — MR. THRELKELD — 

 MACQUARIE LAKE — CONVICT SERVANTS — M'GILL, THE NATIVE — SHEEP - SHEARING- 

 VISIT TO PEUEN BEUEN— BANKS OF HUNTER RIVER— MR. HALE'S JOURNEY TO WEL- 

 LINGTON VALLEY — MAIL CARRIAGE — POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT — PENRITH — BLUE 

 MOUNTAINS — MOUNT VICTORIA — VALLEY OF CLWYD — BATHURST — LAKES — BUSH 

 RANGERS — WELLINGTON — NATIVE CHILDREN — MR. WATSON — SHEEP-SHEARING — 

 PROFITS OF SHEEP-FARMS— FLOODS OF THE MACQUARIE— POPULATION OF THE WEST — 

 NATIVE LANGUAGES — MR. PEALE'S JOURNEY — CLIFTON — CAPTAIN M'ARTHUR — HE 

 INTRODUCES THE FINE-WOOL SHEEP — LIVERPOOL — DAM IN COOK'S RIVER — NEPEAN 

 RIVER-BIRDS— WALLABIES— STRATHARA— BIRDS— DECREASE OF NATIVE ANIMALS— VISIT 

 TO NEWINGTON— SALT-WORKS— PREVALENCE OF SALT IN AUSTRALIA— DECREASE OF 

 LAKES — ANCIENT FLOODS— DESCRIPTION OF FISSURES — EARTHQUAKES — BURNING 

 MOUNTAIN — TRADE OF NEW SOUTH WALES — FISHERIES — BANKS — EXPORTS — DEPOTS 

 FOR GRAIN— COLONY AT SWAN RIVER— SOUTH AUSTRALIA— FETE AT FORT MACQUARIE 

 — SURPRISE OF THE COLONISTS AT OUR WANT OF PREPARATION — STATE OF THE 

 PEACOCK— ARRIVAL OF H. B. M. SHIP DRUID— SEASON OF OUR VISIT— FACILITIES FOR 

 OUTFITS AT SYDNEY— KINDNESS AND HOSPITALITY OF CITIZENS— CHRISTMAS DINNER 

 —DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON— DESERTERS FOUND ON BOARD. 



