OF

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOKS.

EDITED BY

THOS. A. BOWDEN, B.A., Oxon.

(Late Government Inspector of Schools)

AND

SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE SCHOOLS IN NEW ZEALAND

AND THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

FOURTH READING BOOK.

.

No. 1.

SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALASIA,

TOGETHER WITH

SELECTIONS FROM BRITISH NATIONAL POETRY.

LONDON: GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET.

LIVERPOOL : CAXTON BUILDINGS, SOUTH JOHN STREET. SOLD AT THE “NEW ZEALAND EDUCATIONAL DEPOSITORY,"

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.

1872.
[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

CONTENTS.

36

65

PROSE.

PAGE

Early History of Australia,

Howitt 1

Captain Cook at Botany Bay,

Cook's Voyages 6

The Kangaroo and the Emu,

Maunder 11

Captain Cook at Tasmania,

Cook's Voyages

14

Captain Sturt's Explorations in South Australia, Sturt 20

Explorations in North-Western Australia, .

Sir G. Grey

Kangaroo Hunting,

Do.

42

Explorations in South Australia,

Do.

49

Explorations in Western Australia,

Do. 56

Death of Burke and Wills, .

Wills, Senr.

First Discovery of New Zealand,

Howitt 78

Captain Cook's First Visit to New Zealand, Cook's Voyages 79

Captain Cook at Queen Charlotte Sound,

Do.

87

Captain Cook’s Second Visit to New Zealand,

Do.

92

Captain Cook's Third Visit to New Zealand, Do.

95

Death of Captain Cook,

Do.

100

Biographical Sketch of Captain Cook,

Do.

108

Arrival of the Tory in New Zealand,

Wakefield 114

Journey to the Interior of New Zealand,

Do. 119

A New Zealand Whaling Party,

Do. 125

A Land-Purchase Scene,

Do. 131

Ascent of Tongariro,

Bidwell 137

Exploration of the Eritonga,

Dieffenbach 142

Ascent of Mount Egmont,

Do. 149

Journey to the Interior of (N. Island) New Zealand, Hochstetter 158

Journey up the Waikato,

Do. 161

Approach to Lake Taupo,

Do.

164

Hot Springs on the Waikato,

Do.

167