INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.
FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.--DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.--LIFE
ON BOARD SHIP.--ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS
TOWN.--DESCRIPTION OF MELBOURNE.--A CONVICT'S HUT.

CHAPTER II.
A MORNING IN AUSTRALIA.--JOURNEY TO THE MINES OF BALLARAT.--THE
CONVICT'S STORY.--BLACK DARNLEY, THE BUSHRANGER.

CHAPTER III.
TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.--AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES.--CARRYING
THE MAILS.

CHAPTER IV.
EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.--AUSTRALIAN SPEAKS AND
AMERICAN RIFLES.

CHAPTER V.
THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.--SHOOTING A KANGAROO.

CHAPTER VI.
ADVENTURE WITH A DOG.--THE MURDER IN THE RAVINE.--STORY
OF AN OUTRAGED WOMAN.

CHAPTER VII.
BLACK DARNLEY'S VILLANY.--THE CONVICT STOCKMAN.

CHAPTER VIII.