viii CONTENTS. 



THEWS' ROCK— REMARKABLE THUNDERSTORM-BALLS PYRAMID-PORT JACKSON 

 ENTERED— ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY— VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR— FORT MACQJJARIE— 

 FATE OF REV. MR. WILLIAMS — DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN OF SYDNEY — ITS 

 STREETS — ITS RESEMBLANCE TO AMERICAN TOWNS — RELIGIOUS SECTS— PREVA- 

 LENCE OF INTOXICATION— GOVERNMENT-HOUSE— DRIVE TO SOUTH HEAD-PUBLIC 

 GROUNDS-MR. CUNNINGHAM THE BOTANIST-HIS MELANCHOLY FATE-COUNTRY 

 AROUND SYDNEY — THE NATURALISTS LEFT IN NEW SOUTH WALES — GENERAL 

 DESCRIPTION OF THAT COLONY — ITS FORESTS — ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE - 

 COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF SYDNEY-LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS-COUNTRY NORTH OF 

 THE LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS — ILLAWARRA- DROUGHTS AND FLOODS - REMARKS 

 OF MAJOR MITCHELL— RIVERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES-ITS MINERAL PRODUCTS- 

 ITS WATER— THE HEIGHT OF ITS MOUNTAINS-ITS CLIMATE-ITS TEMPERATURE- 

 PREVAILING WINDS-ITS VEGETATION— MONOTONY OF ITS SCENERY— ITS HORTI- 

 CULTURE—NATIVES OF AUSTRALIA— THEIR NUMBERS— THEIR PHYSICAL TRAITS— 

 THEIR CHARACTER -THEIR WANDERING HABITS — THEIR TIMIDITY— THEIR CON- 

 FLICTS—THEIR CORROBORY DANCES — ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THEIR BATTLES — 

 THEIR MODE OF SETTLING PRIVATE aUARRELS— THEIR WEAPONS- THEIR MODE 

 OF CLIMBING— THEIR CANOES-THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM— THEIR CUSTOM OF MAKING 

 YOUNG MEN — THEIR MARRIAGES — BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD — THEIR RELIGIOUS 

 OPINIONS *.-. 155-198 



CHAPTER VII. 



EXTENT OF SEA-COAST OF AUSTRALIA— PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY— EXTENT OF THE 

 GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES-HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES-AUSTRA- 

 LIAN LAND COMPANY— LAND FUND— POLICY OF GOVERNOR MACQUARIE-CONVICT- 

 SHIP — VALUE OF CONVICT LABOUR — DISPOSITION OF CONVICTS ON ARRIVAL — 

 ALLOWANCES TO CONVICT SERVANTS— WORKING OF THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM- 

 SEPARATION OF FEMALE CONVICTS FROM THEIR CHILDREN-FACTORY AT PARA- 

 MATTA—ITS DISCIPLINE — CHILDREN IN THE FACTORY — IRON-GANGS — CAPTAIN 

 MACONOCHIES SOCIAL SYSTEM - ITS OPERATION - ITS PARTIAL ADOPTION AT 

 SYDNEY, AND AT NORFOLK ISLAND— TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF SOCIAL SYSTEM- 

 CONDITION OF CONVICTS AND SOLDIERS COMPARED — TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN- 

 DISTINCTIONS IN SOCIETY— FREE EMIGRANTS— LABOURING CLASS OF FREE EMI- 

 GRANTS-CRIMPS-HIGHER CLASS OF SOCIETY— GOVERNOR, HOW APPOINTED, AND 

 FOR WHAT TERM— HIS POWERS-HIS SUCCESSOR IN CASE OF DEATH OR ABSENCE- 

 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-COLONIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS— EXPENDITURE AND 

 MODE OF TAXATION— WORKING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM— STATUTE OF NEW 

 SOUTH WALES— DESIRE FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION— BOUNTY ON IMMIGRATION- 

 EMIGRATION— MODE OF PROCURING GRANTS OF LAND-STATE OF CRIME IN NEW 

 SOUTH WALES— JUDGE BURTONS CHARGE— HIS REPORT ON THE JURY SYSTEM- 

 OPINIONS OF OTHER JUDGES — COURTS OF LAW — EDUCATION — BISHOPRIC OF NEW 

 SOUTH WALES-COLLEGES 199-239 



