ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Author in Australian Dress[Frontispiece]
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Black Swan[1]
Flinders Street, Adelaide[3]
View near Adelaide[4]
The Library, Melbourne[6]
The Governor’s House, Melbourne[7]
Native Bear with its Young[10]
Hunting the OpossumTo face page [11]
Tree-Ferns in Victoria[11]
Sydney Harbour[13]
The Blue Mountains[15]
The Parliament House, Brisbane[17]
Frogs (Hyla cærulea) entering a Water-Jar[18]
Gracemere Station[20]
The Main Building, Gracemere Station[21]
In the Neighbourhood of RockhamptonTo face page [24]
Laughing Jackass (Dacelo gigas)[26]
Vine-Scrub near GracemereTo face page [27]
True Australian SceneryTo face page [29]
A Wool-Waggon[31]
Head of “More Pork” (Podargus cuvierii)[32]
A Kangaroo HuntTo face page [34]
Spider paralysed by a Hornet[38]
Queensland Native Mounted Police[46]
Flint Knife from Georgina River with its Sheath[48]
Pouch for the carrying of Pituri[49]
Boomerangs from Queensland[51]
Stock-man’s Whip[53]
Rest under a Bottle-Tree (Sterculia)[55]
Bushmen[58]
A Squatter’s Homestead[59]
Elephant Sugar-Cane, Mackay[63]
My Gordon Setter pointing a Black SnakeTo face page [64]
A Native Man from Central Queensland, near Rockhampton[68]
A Native Woman from Central Queensland, near Rockhampton[69]
Nolla-Nollas[73]
Peculiar Position of Natives when resting[77]
Nelly in the KitchenTo face page [81]
Jacky, a “civilised” Black-Fellow[83]
Climbing with the aid of KāminTo face page [89]
Wallaby HuntTo face page [92]
Wallaby Net from Herbert River[94]
The Screw-Palm (Pandanus)[95]
Young Cassowary[98]
Palm Forest in Northern Queensland[103]
A Woman from Northern Queensland, near Townsville[107]
My CampTo face page [110]
Wooden Shields from Northern Queensland[120]
Fillet or Brow-Band from Northern Queensland[121]
A Warrior in great Excitement just before Borboby commencesTo face page [122]
A BorbobyTo face page [124]
Old Women protecting a fallen Warrior[125]
A Woman from Maryborough, Central QueenslandTo face page [129]
A young Girl from Maryborough, Central QueenslandTo face page [130]
An old Man from Herbert River[132]
A Group of Natives from Herbert River[133]
A young Boy from Herbert River, showing Ornamental Scars[135]
Small Basket carried about the Neck, Herbert River[136]
Making Fire[141]
Jungle-Hen (Megapodius tumulus)[149]
Toollah (Pseudochirus archeri)—Coloured plateTo face page [152]
Edible Beetle (Eurynassa australis)[154]
Larva of Same[154]
Natives from Herbert RiverTo face page [163]
Rifle-Bird (Ptiloris victoriæ)[171]
Mongan (Pseudochirus herbertensis)—Coloured plateTo face page [173]
Yarri (Dasyurus maculatus)[174]
Dingo[179]
Start for an ExpeditionTo face page [188]
Basket from North Queensland[190]
A Basket made of soft Materials (grass) from Herbert River[194]
Basket from Herbert River, painted with Stripes and Dots of Human Blood[195]
Yabby (Pseudochirus lemuroides)—Coloured plateTo face page [197]
Yellow Necklace worn by the Blacks as an Emblem of Mourning[203]
Cicada aurora[222]
Boongary (Dendrolagus lumholtzii)—Coloured plateTo face page [226]
All the Dogs were producedTo face page [229]
Kélanmi[233]
A Tuft of Talegalla Feathers[237]
A Shell used as an Ornament[237]
Dance of the NativesTo face page [238]
Striped-faced pouched Mouse (Sminthopsis virginiæ)[252]
Jimmy[255]
A Male Cranium from Rockhampton, Central Queensland, seen from Five Sides[259]
Dalrymple CreekTo face page [261]
An old Man from Townsville, Northern Queensland[263]
Natives on Herbert River[269]
Burial in Northern Queensland[275]
A large Basket from Northern Queensland for carrying Children[276]
Hunting the Python[293]
Snake Feast in my CampTo face page [298]
A Message Stick from Central Queensland[304]
Reverse Side of the Same[304]
Message Stick, with Interpretation of Inscription[304]
The Freezing Establishment, Lakes Creek, near Rockhampton[314]
A wire Harpoon Point[317]
A wooden Plug[317]
A wooden Harpoon Point[317]
The Dugong, or Australian Sea-Cow (Halicore dugong)[319]
Near the Coast of Central Queensland. Jabiru in the foregroundTo face page [323]
Mount Morgan Gold MineTo face page [324]
Nephrurus asper[325]
Natives from the Vicinity of Rockhampton[330]
Brow-Band from Central Queensland[331]
Opossum Thread[332]
Apron made from Opossum Yarn[332]
Shields from Central Queensland[333]
Wooden Sword from Central Queensland[334]
Bendi from Coomooboolaroo[334]
Crystalline Axe from Peak Downs in Central Queensland[335]
A Spear from the Coast of Central Queensland[335]
“King Billy of Gracemere” with his “Gin” (wife)[337]
Civilised Girls from the Vicinity of Townsville[341]
“The lonely old People,” Natives from the Neighbourhood of Townsville[344]
Native Police dispersing the BlacksTo face page [348]
Cook’s Monument in Sydney[356]
A large Fossil Sea-Shell from Western Queensland (Inoceramus maximus)[367]
Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit of Eucalyptus amygdalina[370]
An Australian Spruce (Araucaria bidwillii)[372]
The Tea-tree (Melaleuca Leucadendron)[373]
Chlamydosaurus kingii[376]
Wild Geese from North Queensland (Anseranas melanoleuca)To face page [383]
Egg of Daphnia lumholtzii[386]
Daphnia lumholtzii[386]
Cyclestheria hislopi[387]
Shell of a Cyclestheria hislopi[388]
Map of Australia[At end]
Map to illustrate the Author’s Travels in Queensland„

BLACK SWAN.