| View of Mount Wellington, Tasmania | [142] |
| Corra Linn, Tasmania | [143] |
| On the South Esk, Tasmania | [145] |
| Views in Tasmania | [147] |
| Launceston | [148] |
| Hell Gate, Tasmania | [149] |
| On the River Derwent | [152] |
Section III.—Australian Life and Products.
CHAPTER X.
HEROES OF EXPLORATION.
Tragic Stories—Flinders and Bass—Adventures in a Small Boat—Discoveries—Disappearance of Bass—Death of Flinders—Eyre's Journey—Ludwig Leichhardt—Disappearance of his Party—Theory of his Fate—The Kennedy Catastrophe—The Burke and Wills Expedition—Across the Continent—The Deserted Depôt—Slow Death by Starvation—Later Expeditions. pages [153]-[164]
Illustrations:
| Native Encampment | [154] |
| A New Clearing | [155] |
| Splitters in the Forest | [157] |
| After Stray Cattle | [160] |
| Monument to Burke and Wills in Melbourne | [163] |
CHAPTER XI.
A GLANCE AT THE ABORIGINES.
First Encounter with the Blacks—Misunderstandings—Narrative of a Pioneer—Climbing Trees—The Blacks' Defence—Decay of the Race—Weapons—The Northern Tribes—A Northern Encampment—Corroboree—Black Trackers—Burial—Mission Stations. pages [165]-[178]
Illustrations:
| A Corroboree | [166] |
| A Waddy Fight | [167] |
| Civilised Aborigines | [169] |
| A Boomerang | [173] |
| A Native Encampment in Queensland | [174] |
| A Native Tracker | [175] |
| Church, Schoolhouse, and Encampment at Lake Tyers | [176] |