T. W. K.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.West Coast of Africa—Adventure in the South Atlantic Ocean.[11]
II.The Cape of Good Hope—the Southern Ocean—Australia.[28]
III.A Land of Contradictions—Transportation to Australia.[49]
IV.Strange Adventures—Australian Aboriginals.[67]
V.Across Australia—Tallest Trees in the World.[83]
VI.Australian Blacks—Throwing the Boomerang.[100]
VII.Adelaide to Melbourne—the Rabbit Pest—Dangerous Exotics.[115]
VIII.Cannibal Blacks—Melbourne and Its Peculiarities.[131]
IX.“the Laughing Jackass”—Australian Snakes and Snake Stories.[146]
X.The Harbor of Melbourne—Convict Hulks and Bushrangers.[158]
XI.Geelong—Australian Gold Mines—Finding a Big Nugget.[173]
XII.A Southerly Burster—Western Victoria.[190]
XIII.Journey Up Country—Anecdotes of Bush Life.[204]
XIV.Lost in the Bush—Australian Horses.[218]
XV.Experiences At a Cattle Station—a Kangaroo Hunt.[233]
XVI.Hunting the Emu and Other Birds—an Australian Sheep Run.[250]
XVII.From Melbourne to Sydney—Crossing the Blue Mountains.[269]
XVIII.Sights of Sydney——Botany Bay and Paramatta.[284]
XIX.Coal Mines At Newcastle—Sugar Plantation in Queensland—the End.[298]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

“We Passed a Ship Becalmed in the Doldrums.” Frontispiece[18]
“Harry had Obtained a Map of Australia.”[56]
To the Zoological Garden.[146]
“There They Go!” Shouted Mr. Syme.[242]