INDEX 
Acacia, an, 89 
Agriculture, School of, 239 
Akaroa, 251 
Alamandas, 25 
Albany Pass, 13 1 
Albatross, H.M.S. , 144, 145 
Alexia buxifolia, 138 
Alligators, 107, 142 
Alps, Southern, 249 
Anemones, sea, 133 
Ant-hills, 75, 87, 131, 143 
Ants, green, 143 ; white, 143 
Aorangi, 249 
A rthropodhim strictum, 138 
Arthur’s Pass, 236 
Ateamuri, 198 
Athelstone Range, 8 
Auckland, 174, 181, 224 
Austen, Miss, 258 
Australia characterised, 138 
Bainbridge, Mr., 183 
Balclutha, 254 
Ball, a, 135 
Banks Island, 145 
Barron Falls, 45, 50, 143 ; River, 46, 
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Barry, the driver, 250 
Batavia River, 139 
Bauers, the, 98, 112, 119, 129 
Bauhinia, 69, 88 
Beche-de-mer, 114, 134 
Begonias, 25 
Belgrove, 232 
Ben Lomond, 255 
Billy, 80 
“Binghis,” 147 
Birds, 34, 36, 38, 78, 84, 96, 141, 
160, 223 
Bishop, Tom, 212 
Black-gin’s Leap, 18 
Bleazel, Marian, 215 
Blenheim, 227 
Bloomfield River, 98, 103 
Blueskin Road, the, 263 
Bluff, the, 261 
Boomerangs, 114 
‘ ‘ Bora,” 83 
Boronia megastigma, 138 ; ' \hetero- 
phylla, 138 ; serrulata, 138 
Botany, a new, 137 
Bottle trees, 87 
Boyd, the, g.b. , 179 
Bread-making, 118 
Bridge, a tree-, 106 
Brisbane, 4 
Broken Hill Mine, 60 
Bruce, Mr., 156, 162, 164 
“Buckboard,” a, 58 
Buller Gorge, 234, 235, 238 ; River, 
232, 233 
Burgess, bushranger, 230 
Bush fire, a, 72 
Butterflies, 35, 38 
Cadrona Valley, 256 
Cairns, 38, 97 
Caladium, 36 
Cannibals, 33, 51, 77, 83, 101, 161, 
164, 179 
Canterbury Plains, 238 
Canvas Town, 229 
Cardwell, 31 
Carpet snake, 90, 163 
Casey, Mr., 4 
Cassidy Creek, 80 
Caterpillars, 20 
Cats, 229 
