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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
The Rector and the Soldier.
-
The Mayburn Family. - A Mission
to India. - The Orphans of Wendon.. Ruth the Unlucky.-
Jack's Project. The Addition to the Mayburn Establishment
CHAPTER II.
page 1-16
Departure from Wendon. - Embarkation in the Amoor. - Ruth's
Adventures in London. - The Deverell Family. The Pleasures
of the Voyage.Tropical Wonders. - The Flying-fish. The
Stormy Petrel.
The Albatross. Deverell's Plans. The Indian
Ocean. A Storm
17-31
CHAPTER III.
-The Squatters. - The Two Convicts.
Separation. The Golden Fairy.- Ruth's Misfortunes.
turnal Alarm. —Ruth's Confession.
CHAPTER IV.
Insubordination of the Sailors. Rapid Progress of the Fire.
The Boats lowered. Ruth's
Prize. - A Man Saved. Black
Peter. The Adventure of a Reprobate Crew.-A Dangerous
Comrade
45-57
CHAPTER V.
The Insubordinate Sailor. - The
Afloat on an Unknown Sea.
Coral Reefs. An Island in view. — The Perilous_Landing.
Peter's Rebellion. The First Night on Shore. Ruth among
A Valuable Prize. The March from the First
CHAPTER VI.
A Pleasant Resting-place. The Turtle. A Knavish Trick.
Destitution.- An Exploring Expedition. -Lake Scenery. — A
Wrecked Vessel. Strange Footsteps. A Prudent Retreat.
Return of the Explorers
--
72-84
CHAPTER VII.
The Results of the Expedition.
The Long Vacation.
from the Landing-place. Birds and their Nests.
Removed
Fishing.
Tapping a Cask of Potatoes. -Tent-making. - The Shell Spades.
- Digging a Tank. A Grand Attempt at Boat-building 85-97
The Launch of the Boat. - An Alarming Catastrophe.. Disap-
pointed Hopes. - Jack's Perseverance. A Peep at the Old En-
campment. Black Peter again. The Loss of the Boat.
Canoe-building. The Luggage-van .
The Foray. Young Potatoes. -More Intruders.
duction to the Savages. The Sailing of the Fleet.
Shore. The Giant Ant-hill. Once more at Sea.
and the Loss of the Catamaran
An Unknown Coast. The Green Ants. The
- Waifs. The Gourd Tree. The Fresh-
A River Voyage Projected
CHAPTER XI.
The Voyage up the River.-The Way to China. - The Note of a
Strange Bird.. A Hasty Flight.-A Tropical Storm. - The Loss
The Cave of the Bats. A Toilsome Pilgrim-
The First Kangaroo. -Scenes of Arcadia. -
ism. The Cockatoo Watch. The Enemy put to Flight 157-172
ix
CHAPTER XIII.
Rope-making.The Cavern of Illustrations.-Ruth at the Water-
pools.- Victualling the Fortress.-The Blockade. - Assault and
Battery. Bloodshed.
-The close Siege. - Prospect of Famine
173-186
CHAPTER XIV.
Rambles through the Caves.-Fairy Bower. A Rough Path to
Freedom. - Preparations for Flight. The Use of the Rifle.-
A Case of Conscience. - Departure. - Travelling among the
Bogs.-A View of the River. -— Making an Axe. A New Plant
187-202
The Tea-Shrub.
CHAPTER XV.
Another Canoe. A Skirmish with the Natives.
Wounded Heroes. - An Attempt at Voyaging.
Battle. The Widowed Jin.. - Wilkins's Sorrows.
in Society. The Voyage resumed.
- A Field of
Baldabella
203-216
CHAPTER XVI.
The Mother and Child. - The Interior of the Country.
Cataract. The Pilgrim Troop. -The Difficult Ascent.
Frilled Lizard. - The Mountain-range.
The Pass of Erin
The Dangerous Pass. The Coupled Travellers. - The Mountain
Labyrinth. The Emancipation of Ruth's Chickens. —A Com-
bat à l'outrance. The Ornithorhyncus. - The Forest in the
Mountains. — Singing Birds. — The Laughing Jackass
X
CHAPTER
XX.
The Reservoir. - The Rains. The Native Companion. The
Employments of Prison Life. The Unlucky Chase. - Jack's
Tale of Trouble. Black Peter's Temptations.
the Eagle. The Rescue Party.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Release of
269-280
The
A Well.
The Salt Plant.
281-292
The Approach to the Prison. Baldabella's Stratagem..
Release of the Captive. Wilkins's Tale of Trials.
The Potato Crop. · The Flying Opossum.
Preparations for a Siege
CHAPTER XXII.
Peter's last Stratagem. - Firing the Fortress. - The Watch-tower.
-The Welcome Rain. The close Siege. - The Conflict. - The
Defeat of Peter. - The Fortress abandoned. - Once more on the
Road. Resting in the Wilds.
293-305
CHAPTER XXIII.
A Bark Sledge. The Friendly Tribe. The Wild Melon. - A
Nocturnal Alarm. -The Wombats. The Bivouac on the Heath.
The Savages again. - Away to the South
The Dry Wilderness. - Despair. The Coming-down of the Wa-
- The Discomfited Savages. - Hunger and Thirst.-The
Footsteps in the Mud.-A Pond. - The Talegalla and its Nest.
-The Valley of Promise. The River to the South. 318-330
CHAPTER XXV.
Boat-building again.-Unlucky Ruth.- The Woods on Fire.
Dangers on Land and Water. - The Wounded Girl. A Home
among the Mountains. The Bottle-tree. The Bee-hunt.
Bean-coffee. - The Lost Hunters
331-343
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Search for the Lost.-The Fig-tree. - Signals. - The Wander-
ers found. The Wounded Boy. - The Sufferings of the Thirsty..
The Rescue and Return. The Kangaroo Conflict. A strange
Meeting. The Bush-rangers. The miraculous Escape 344-355
xi
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Eagle's Eyrie.-The Chaotic Solitude disturbed. The Vol-
untary Prisoners. The Report of the Spy.-The Foe at the
Gates.—A Traitor in the Camp. - Dispersion of the Invaders.-
A lucky Escape. - A pleasant Voyage
CHAPTER XXVIII.
356-369
The Cookery disturbed. - A Signal-rocket.-A Surprise and Cap-
ture. Pillage. The Taste of Gunpowder. - A Fatal Explo-
sion. -The Contrivances of Necessity.-A Region of Famine..
Renewed Hopes. - An Unfair Advantage
370-383
CHAPTER XXIX.
A Seasonable Supply. Visitors in the Night. Captivity. - An
Old Acquaintance. The Ranger's Settlement. - An Embassy to
Daisy Grange. -Jack in a New Office. The Grateful Native
Woman. Davy's Compunction. — Bush-ranging Life. 384-396
CHAPTER XXX.
A Proposal of Marriage. - Bill's Rejection and Revenge.
Pocket-picking.-Jack's Return.- Black Peter again. Bush-
ranging Merriment. A Flight in the Dark.— An Emu-chase.
-The disappointed Hunters. - Pursuit. A Stratagem 397-409
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Sentinels in the Trees. -The End of Bill the Convict.
Bush-rangers deceived. A strange New Animal. A Bloody
Conflict. The Mountain-pass. The Fruit of the Acacia. -
The Travellers in Custody. The Court of Justice
CHAPTER XXXII.
Travellers' Wonders.
Rangers. The Skirmish and the Victory.
The Detective Force. A Trap for the
Daisies in Austra-
The Constancy of Susan Raine. — The Trial and Sentence
of the Natives. - Peter and his Colleagues