| PART II | ||
| UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS | ||
| THE FIVE-MILE RUSH | [83] | |
| SINKING FOR GOLD | [97] | |
| WE "STRIKE" GOLD | [107] | |
| CAMP-FIRE REMINISCENCES | [122] | |
| THE "SACRED" NUGGET | [133] | |
| INTO THE "NEVER NEVER" LAND | [146] | |
| EL DORADO! | [159] | |
| WHERE THE PELICAN BUILDS ITS NEST | [173] | |
PART III | ||
| PROMISCUOUS WANDERINGS | ||
| IN THE AUSTRALIAN BACK-BLOCKS | [199] | |
| ON THE OPAL FIELDS OF WHITE CLIFFS | [220] | |
| PROSPECTING IN BRITISH NEW GUINEA | [238] | |
| IN THE GUM-LAND OF WANGERI | [256] | |
| WITH THE PEARLERS OF NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA | [271] | |
[List of Illustrations]
| PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR | Frontispiece | |
| A PARTY OF MINERS GOING IN BY THE SKAGWAY OR WHITE PASS TRAIL | Facing p. | [7] |
| THE CHILCOOT PASS | " | [16] |
| KLONDIKE-BOUND MINERS AND THEIR OUTFITS ON LAKE LINDERMAN | " | [22] |
| AFTER THE RAPIDS | " | [22] |
| PAN-WASHING IN SKOOKUM GULCH | " | [37] |
| GOLD-BOTTOM CREEK | " | [47] |
| DAWSON CITY | " | [54] |
| ON THE SAFE SIDE OF THE PASS AGAIN—MAC, SELF, STEWART | " | [79] |
| STEWART PREPARING OUR FIRST MEAL | " | [89] |
| "DISCOVERY" SHAFT—ON GOLD | " | [99] |
| STEWART FINDS THE GROUND HARD | " | [106] |
| NO. 2 CLAIM—JUST STRUCK GOLD | " | [114] |
| OUR SHAFT | " | [122] |
| NUGGETY DICK AND SILENT TED | " | [127] |
| HAPPY JACK AND DEAD-BROKE SAM | " | [132] |
| READY FOR THE RUSH | " | [139] |
| A BREAKDOWN IN THE RUSH | " | [145] |
| OUR LAST VIEW OF THE 5-MILE WORKING | " | [150] |
| TAKING OUR POSITION | " | [159] |
| A NATIVE CAMP | " | [165] |
| EL DORADO! | " | [172] |
| AN EXTINCT VOLCANO WE CAMPED ON | " | [182] |
| THE ONLY CREATURES THAT CAN EXIST IN THE N.W. INTERIOR | " | [195] |
| AN EMU'S NEST | " | [200] |
| "LEICHARDT'S TREE" The last trace found of the great explorer who attempted to cross the interior and was never heard of again. | " | [213] |
| A FAMOUS MINE IN THE GULF COUNTRY | " | [219] |
| BORING FOR OPAL INDICATIONS | " | [224] |
| THE BELLE OF THE BUSH—A SALVATION ARMY CONVERT IN WHITE CLIFFS | " | [230] |
| THE DINGOE OR NATIVE DOG | " | [237] |
| CROCODILE JAWS | " | [243] |
| THE GUM-DIGGERS' SWIMMING-POOL | " | [265] |
| READY TO GO DOWN | " | [275] |
| PART I |
| THE FROZEN NORTH |