LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Dreary Monotony of Grey Sea and Greyer Sky [ Frontispiece]
I went with them to where they were chopping [ 49]
I had some 20 acres brushed, and two or three felled [ 66]
We had a really decent comfortable little house up [ 143]

CONTENTS.

Chapter. Page.
I. Newcastle (N.S.W.)-Chile Coal Run [ 9]
II. One night in Port Jackson [ 15]
III. Good-bye to the Sea [ 20]
IV. I Become a Land-lubber [ 26]
V. Northward Ho! [ 33]
VI. The Promised Land [ 38]
VII. My Selection [ 44]
VIII. I start as a Land-holder [ 55]
IX. Camp Life [ 61]
X. Colonial Experience [ 68]
XI. Home Again! [ 75]
XII. Scrub Life [ 79]
XIII. The Cyclone [ 86]
XIV. Effecting Improvements [ 92]
XV. More Improvements—Bullockies [ 101]
XVI. An Accident [ 108]
XVII. Social Amenities [ 113]
XVIII. Burning Off [ 119]
XIX. Wardsman and Deckhand [ 125]
XX. Married [ 134]
XXI. Starting Housekeeping [ 138]
XXII. Struggling Along [ 142]
XXIII. Joyful Experiences of Cow-Cockying [ 149]
L'Envoi [ 156]

From Chart House to Bush Hut

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CHAPTER I.

The Newcastle (N.S.W.)-Chile Coal Run.