The Bushman

About this eBook

Author

Landor, Edward Wilson, 1811-1878

Title

The Bushman — Life in a New Country

Credits

Produced by Sue Asscher

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Western Australia -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7181

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7181

Release Date

December 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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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