Chapter 1 CHARACTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT OF ITS RIVERS

PECULIARITY OF THE DARLING

SUDDEN FLOODS TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT

CHARACTER OF THE MURRAY

ITS PERIODICAL RISE

BOUNTY OF PROVIDENCE

GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE TWO RIVERS

OBSERVATIONS

RESULTS

SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S JOURNEY TO THE DARLING

ITS JUNCTION WITH THE MURRAY

ANECDOTE OF MR. SHANNON

CAPTAIN GREY'S EXPEDITION

CAPTAIN STURT'S JOURNEY

MR. EYRE'S SECOND EXPEDITION

VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

MR. OXLEY'S OPINIONS

STATE OF THE INTERIOR IN 1828

CHARACTER OF ITS PLAINS AND RIVERS

JUNCTION OF THE DARLING

FOSSIL BED OF THE MURRAY

FORMER STATE OF THE CONTINENT

THEORY OF THE INTERIOR.