[10] Secondary Punishments discussed by an Emigrant of 1821.—Launceston Advertiser.

[11] History of Van Diemen's Land from 1820 to 1835.

[12] Sydney Gazette.

[13] Dispatch of Governor Bourke to the Colonial Office, 1835.

[14] Select Committee of the House of Commons on Transportation, July, 1837.

[15] Commission of Enquiry into the state of the colony of New South Wales, 1822.


[CHAPTER II.]

Van Diemen's Land; The First Bushranger; Mike Howe, the King of the Ranges; The Raid on the Blacks; The Black War; Musquito; Outrages by the Blacks; Brutal Treatment of Blacks by Bushrangers; A War of Reprisals; Gigantic Scheme to Capture the Blacks; A Cordon Drawn Round the Disaffected District; Details of the Scheme; Its Failure; Only Two Blacks Captured; Estimated Cost; Fate of the Blacks.