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THE
GOLD HUNTER`S ADVENTURES;
OR,
LIFE IN AUSTRALIA.
BY
WILLIAM H. THOMES
A RETURNED AUSTRALIAN.
Illustrated by Champney.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION 13
CHAPTER I.
FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.—DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.—LIFE ON BOARD SHIP.—ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS 15 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 20 BUSHRANGER.
CHAPTER III.
TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.—AN ADVENTURE WITH
CARRYING THE MAILS.
SNAKES.— 29
CHAPTER IV.
EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.—AUSTRALIAN SPEAKS AND AMERICAN RIFLES.
CHAPTER V.
THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.—SHOOTING A KANGAROO. 41
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. 56
CHAPTER VIII.
AN EXPEDITION.—A FIGHT WITH BUSHRANGERS.—DEATH
BLACK DARNLEY.
OF 61
CHAPTER IX.
THE STOCKMAN`S DAUGHTER.—MOUNTED POLICE
MELBOURNE.
OF 68
CHAPTER X.
DESPERATE DEEDS OF TWO CONVICTS.—LIEUT. MURDEN`S STORY. 73
CHAPTER XI.
SAGACITY OF A DOG.—A NIGHT`S ADVENTURES. 79
CHAPTER XII.
DISCOVERY OF
DARNLEY.
A MASONIC RING.—FUNERAL PYRE OF BLACK 87
CHAPTER XIII.
THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.—DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER
CHIEFTAIN.
CHAPTER XIV.
DISCOVERY OF STOLEN TREASURES IN THE
CELLAR.
STOCKMANS`S 101
CHAPTER XV.
DYING CONFESSION OF JIM GULPIN, THE ROBBER. 107
CHAPTER XVI.
A FORCED MARCH TOWARDS MELBOURNE. 114
CHAPTER XVII.
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MELBOURNE. 120
CHAPTER XVIII.
LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE.—ENGLISH MACHINES AT FAULT. 127
CHAPTER XIX.
PARDON OF SMITH AND THE OLD STOCKMAN.—GRAND DINNER AT
THE GOVERNOR`S.
CHAPTER XX.
DUEL BETWEEN FRED AND AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT. 142
CHAPTER XXI.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEARCH
TREASURES.
FOR GULPIN`S BURIED 151
CHAPTER XXII.
DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE.—FIGHT WITH THE NATIVES. 158
CHAPTER XXIII.
ARRIVAL AT THE OLD STOCKMAN`S
INTERRUPTIONS DURING THE HUNT.
HUT.—MYSTERIOUS 164
CHAPTER XXIV.
ROBBERY OF THE CART.—CAPTURE OF STEEL SPRING. 171
CHAPTER XXV.
STEEL SPRING`S HISTORY. 176
CHAPTER XXVI.
FINDING OF THE TREASURE. 181
CHAPTER XXVII.
CAPTURE OF ALL HANDS, BY THE BUSHRANGERS. 187
CHAPTER XXVIII.
OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT MURDEN AND HIS FORCE.— ROUT OF THE BUSHRANGERS.
CHAPTER XXIX.
REVENGE OF THE BUSHRANGERS.—FIRING OF THE FOREST. 201
CHAPTER XXX.
PERILOUS SITUATION DURING THE FIRE.—STEEL SPRING TURNS UP.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS, AND DEATH OF NOSEY. 213
CHAPTER XXXII.
RETURN TO THE STOCKMAN`S HUT.—SMITH IN LOVE. 219
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