fOX^TENTS. 



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uirtn fet — Asccul ui' tvt'fs iu pursuit of ^aniu — PnrroU 

 attd cftclcafrtng— The 6ltiu— Hie hative iroi L upine— Spec-iew 

 of ijplitlialniia. lornied the blight— Leave the Timmt 

 I'lunitrv — Ikniks of iIk- MmiiimliidgL'c — Aborii^incs — 

 Water ginn-tree — kaiigaroo-rat — Tlie Hy-catcher — T1k> 

 miii bir4->-Sheep stattotia— Coknlal industry , 283 



CHAPTER XVL 



Mufks of pelicans and grey parrots— Anrive at Jugiong — 

 A im^ ^ceee— The 1)arvi;ftt>--^ai)s Haw^^Mr. 



ITvimc's fann— Domestic lifo anioiiii: tlie setHcrs — Miss 

 niy way in the forest — Mr. lledUal's farm — Disease called 

 Black Leg— ^Mr. Bradley's t^sMctoee at Ijmsimm 

 Fiirk — Drooping manna trees— Christmas festivaJ^Mr, F, 

 M*Artliur's farm — Aboriginal tribes— Native costume — 

 Naiay revelry— Wild ducks and pigeon s — Sp iders . 3 1 u 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Arrive at Wombat Br iisjli — Animals called Wombat— ParclKH! 

 country— Koad-side houses— Colonial English — Column to 

 the memory ^ X*a Perotfee^B^ai^ <if X.e R«eev«up^ 



Sydix y [lolit'c-offirt — The Bustard —FHitasiIc garden — The 

 aborigines— King Bungaree— The castor-oil shrub— Dis- 

 eases of Australia— Zealanders— Amtraliati ladies— 

 Pix iudice agahist travellers from Uolany Bay — ^Aiiecdote— 

 A lishijig excursion— Ccphulopodous aniiuals— Conclusion 

 of the author s researches in this colony . . 329 



