The Bushman — Life in a New Country
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Chapters (68)(click to expand)
- THE BUSHMAN. LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY BY EDWARD WILSON LANDOR.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER 1.
- COLONISTS.
- CHAPTER 2.
- ST. JAGO.
- CHAPTER 3.
- THE MUTINY.
- CHAPTER 4.
- THE PRISON-ISLAND.
- CHAPTER 5.
- FIRST ADVENTURES.
- CHAPTER 6.
- PERTH—COLONIAL JURIES.
- CHAPTER 7.
- BOATING UP THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER 8.
- FARMS ON THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER 9.
- THE MORAL THERMOMETER OF COLONIES.
- CHAPTER 10.
- COUNTRY LIFE.
- CHAPTER 11.
- PERSECUTIONS.
- CHAPTER 12.
- MICHAEL BLAKE, THE IRISH SETTLER.*
- CHAPTER 13.
- WILD CATTLE HUNTING.
- CHAPTER 14.
- WOODMAN'S POINT*
- CHAPTER 15.
- HOW THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AFFECT THE NATIVES.
- CHAPTER 16.
- REMARKS ON THE PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIVES.
- CHAPTER 17.
- SKETCHES OF LIFE AMONG THE NATIVES.
- CHAPTER 18.
- THE MODEL-KINGDOM.
- CHAPTER 19.
- TRIALS OF A GOVERNOR.
- CHAPTER 20.
- MR. SAILS, MY GROOM.—OVER THE HILLS.—A SHEEP STATION.
- CHAPTER 21.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF A HUT-KEEPER.
- CHAPTER 22.
- PELICAN SHOOTING.—GALES.—WRESTLING WITH DEATH.
- CHAPTER 23.
- THE DESERT OF AUSTRALIA.—CAUSE OF THE HOT WINDS.—GEOLOGY.
- CHAPTER 24.
- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER 25.
- ONE OF THE ERRORS OF GOVERNMENT—ADVENTURE OF THE BRAMBLE.
- CHAPTER 26.
- SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.—KANGAROO HUNTING.—EMUS.—LOST IN THE BUSH.
- "Death of the Kangaroo"
- Emu Hunt
- CHAPTER 27.
- THE COMET.—VITAL STATISTICS.—METEOROLOGY.
- CHAPTER 28.
- THE BOTANY OF THE COLONY.
- CHAPTER 29.
- MISFORTUNES OF THE COLONY.
- CHAPTER 30.
- THE RESOURCES OF THE COLONY:—HORSES FOR INDIA—WINE—DRIED FRUITS—COTTON—COAL—WOOL—CORN—WHALE-OIL—A WHALE-HUNT—CURED FISH—SHIP TIMBER.
- CHAPTER 31.
- RISE AND FALL OF A SETTLEMENT.—THE SEQUEL TO CAPTAIN GREY'S DISCOVERIES.—A WORD AT PARTING.
- NOTE TO CHAPTER 30.
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