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