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23 Chapters
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.
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.
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Chapter 23 THE DESERT OF AUSTRALIA.-CAUSE OF THE HOT WINDS.-GEOLOGY.

I intend in this chapter* to give an explanation of the cause of the hot-winds of Australia; to throw out a suggestion on the most likely mode of prosecuting discovery towards the interior; and to conclude with a slight sketch of the geology of the colony. Before doing this I shall give a brief account of a journey made by myself and Mr. Maxwell Le

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