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Frontispiece.


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IN AN UNKNOWN
PRISON LAND

AN ACCOUNT OF CONVICTS AND
COLONISTS IN NEW CALEDONIA
WITH JOTTINGS OUT AND HOME

BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH

AUTHOR OF “MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE
EMPIRE,” “THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN,”
A TALE OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU,
“BRITON OR BOER?” A STORY OF THE
FIGHT FOR AFRICA, ETC., ETC.

WITH A PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS
ILLUSTRATIONS

London: HUTCHINSON & CO
Paternoster Row 1901

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PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD.
LONDON AND AYLESBURY


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To
THE EARL OF DUNMORE
WHOSE KINDNESS AND HOSPITALITY MADE MY
SOJOURN IN PRISON-LAND MUCH MORE
PLEASANT THAN IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN.

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CONTENTS

PAGE
Part I
A STREAK THROUGH THE STATES
I.DUTIES AND DOLLARS3
II.CONCERNING CITIES, WITH A PARENTHESIS ON MANNERS17
III.THE QUEEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE34
A SEA-INTERLUDE51
Part II
PRISON LAND
A PRELIMINARY NOTE ON CONVICTS AND COLONISTS83
I.SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS96
II.SOME SOCIAL SIDELIGHTS109
[vii]III.ILE NOU128
IV.MEASUREMENT AND MANIA143
V.A CONVICT ARCADIA160
VI.SOME HUMAN DOCUMENTS...

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