THE BOY IN THE BUSH.
“POOR CHUMMY BRISTLED LIKE A PORCUPINE” FRONTISPIECE.—See page 189.
THE BOY IN THE BUSH:
A Tale of Australian Life.
By the late
RICHARD ROWE,
AUTHOR OF “ROUGHING IT,” “THE DESERTED SHIP,” “A HAVEN OF REST,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
ZWEEKER, FRASER, MAHONEY, AND DALZIEL.
London:
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLXXXV.
(All rights reserved.)
Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Limited, London and Aylesbury.
CONTENTS.
- Page
- I. VENUS AND WARRIGAL 1
- II. UP A SUNNY CREEK 20
- III. THE CAVE OF THE RED HAND 38
- IV. ABOUT SNAKES 51
- V. LOST MAGGIE 65
- VI. AN AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT 78
- VII. AN AUSTRALIAN FLOOD 99
- VIII. A BUSH GRAVE 121
- IX. THE OLD CONVICT TIMES 139
- X. PIONEERING 172
- XI. PIGEON PARK 193
- XII. A GOLD RUSH 213
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- PAGE
- “POOR CHUMMY BRISTLED LIKE A PORCUPINE” Frontispiece
- “WARRIGAL WAS BAGGED HIMSELF” 18
- “THE BLACK FELLOWS WERE IN A VERY SAVAGE MOOD” 35
- “ON THE ROCKY WALL A RED HAND” 40
- “THE SNAKES’ CORROBBOREE” 62
- “H.M. DICK-A-DICK, KING OF THE POSSUM TRIBE” 72
- “THE RUSHING FIRE WAS NOW STEERING STRAIGHT AT THEM” 92
- “THEY FOUND THE FARMER CLINGING TO THE CHIMNEY” 112
- “A ROUGH WOODEN CROSS SHOWED THEM A BUSH GRAVE” 126
- “THE BLACKS RAISED A WILD HOWL AND FLED” 212
- “MEN ON HORSEBACK WITH SADDLE-BAGS ...
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