The Land of the Kangaroo / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent - 1

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The Land of the Kangaroo.


TRAVEL ADVENTURE SERIES.

	IN WILD AFRICA. The Adventures of Two Youths in the Sahara Desert. By Thomas W. Knox. 325 pages, with six illustrations by H. Burgess. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50.

	THE LAND OF THE KANGAROO. The Adventures of Two Youths in the Great Island Continent. By Thomas W. Knox. 350 pages, with five illustrations by H. Burgess. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50.

	^*^ Col. Knox’s sudden death, ten days after completing “The Land of the Kangaroo” leaves unfinished this series of travel stories for boys which he had planned. The publishers announce that the remaining volumes of this series will be issued, although the work will be done by another’s hand. Announcement concerning the remaining volumes of this series will be made later.

“WE PASSED A SHIP BECALMED IN THE DOLDRUMS.”

THE Land of the Kangaroo. ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY THROUGH
THE GREAT ISLAND CONTINENT. BY THOMAS W. KNOX. AUTHOR OF “IN WILD AFRICA,” “THE BOY TRAVELERS,”
(15 VOLS.) “OVERLAND THROUGH
ASIA,” ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY H. BURGESS. Boston, U. S. A. W. A. WILDE & COMPANY, 25 Bromfield Street.

By W. A. WILDE & CO.

THE LAND OF THE KANGAROO.

PREFACE.

The rapidly increasing prominence of the Australian colonies during the past ten or twenty years has led to the preparation of the volume of which this is the preface. Australia has a population numbering close upon five millions and it had prosperous and populous cities, all of them presenting abundant indications of collective and individual wealth. It possesses railways and telegraphs by thousands of miles, and the productions of its farms, mines, and plantations aggregate an enormous amount. It has many millions, of cattle and sheep, and their number is increasing annually at a prodigious rate.

Australia is a land of many wonders, and it is to tell the story of these wonders and of the growth and development of the colonies of the antipodes, that this volume has been written.

T. W. K.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	West Coast of Africa—Adventure in the South Atlantic Ocean.	[11]
II.	The Cape of Good Hope—the Southern Ocean—Australia.	[28]
III.	A Land of Contradictions—Transportation to Australia.	[49]
IV.	Strange Adventures—Australian Aboriginals.	[67]
V.	Across Australia—Tallest Trees in the World.	[83]
VI.	Australian Blacks—Throwing the Boomerang.	[100]
VII.	Adelaide to Melbourne—the Rabbit Pest—Dangerous Exotics.	[115]
VIII.	Cannibal Blacks—Melbourne and Its Peculiarities.	[131]
IX.	“the Laughing Jackass”—Australian Snakes and Snake Stories.	[146]
X.	The Harbor of Melbourne—Convict Hulks and Bushrangers.	[158]
XI.	Geelong—Australian Gold Mines—Finding a Big Nugget.	[173]
XII.	A Southerly Burster—Western Victoria.	[190]
XIII.	Journey Up Country—Anecdotes of Bush Life.	[204]
XIV.	Lost in the Bush—Australian Horses.	[218]
XV.	Experiences At a Cattle Station—a Kangaroo Hunt.	[233]
XVI.	Hunting the Emu and Other Birds—an Australian Sheep Run.	[250]
XVII.	From Melbourne to Sydney—Crossing the Blue Mountains.	[269]
XVIII.	Sights of Sydney——Botany Bay and Paramatta.	[284]
XIX.	Coal Mines At Newcastle—Sugar Plantation in Queensland—the End.	[298]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

“We Passed a Ship Becalmed in the Doldrums.” Frontispiece	[18]
“Harry had Obtained a Map of Australia.”	[56]
To the Zoological Garden.	[146]
“There They Go!” Shouted Mr. Syme.	[242]