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CHAPTER VIII. 



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

 MENT-HOUSE AND FARM-VISIT OF NATURALISTS TO ILLAWARRA-WOOLONGONG 

 —VEGETATION OF ILLAWARRA— LAKE OF ILLAWARRA— JAUNT OF MESSRS. HALE 

 AND AGATE TO HUNTERS 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 WELLINGTON 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 — STRATHAR A— 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 AUS- 

 TRALIA—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 SQUAD- 

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CHAPTER IX. 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS — PROCEEDINGS OF THE SQUADRON TO THE SECOND OF 

 JANUARY— SEPARATION OF THE FLYING-FISH AND PEACOCK— FIRST ICEBERG SEEN 

 — FALL IN WITH THE ICY BARRIER — PORPOISE LOST SIGHT OF — PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE PEACOCK FROM THE THIRD OF JANUARY — HER VISIT TO MACQUARIES 

 ISLAND — FIRST ICEBERG SEEN BY HER — SHE FALLS IN WITH THE ICY BARRIER — 

 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE— SEA-ELEPHANTS SEEN AND TAKEN— LAND SEEN 

 FROM ALL THE VESSELS — PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE SIX- 

 TEENTH OF JANUARY— SHE ENTERS A DEEP BAY IN THE BARRIER— PEACOCK AND 

 PORPOISE SEEN — PEACOCK SPOKEN — LAND DISTINCTLY SEEN FROM THE VIN- 

 CENNES AND PEACOCK-FIGHT BETWEEN A WHALE AND KILLER, SEEN FROM THE 

 PEACOCK — PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACOCK — SOUNDINGS OBTAINED BY HER — HER 

 PERILOUS SITUATION AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE — HER CRIPPLED CONDITION — 

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