5. -- FIRST ADVENTURES. 6. -- PERTH. -- COLONIAL JURIES. 7. -- BOATING UP THE RIVER. 8. -- FARMS ON THE RIVER. 9. -- THE MORAL THERMOMETER OF COLONIES. 10. -- COUNTRY LIFE. 11. -- PERSECUTIONS. 12. -- MICHAEL BLAKE, THE IRISH SETTLER. 13. -- WILD CATTLE HUNTING. 14. -- WOODMAN'S POINT. 15. -- HOW THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AFFECT THE NATIVES. 16. -- REMARKS ON THE PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIVES. 17. -- SKETCHES OF LIFE AMONG THE NATIVES. 18. -- THE MODEL KINGDOM. 19. -- TRIALS OF A GOVERNOR. 20. -- MR. SAILS, MY GROOM. -- OVER THE HILLS. -- A SHEEP STATION. 21. -- EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF A HUT-KEEPER. 22. -- PELICAN SHOOTING. -- GALES. -- WRESTLING WITH DEATH. 23. -- THE DESERT OF AUSTRALIA. -- CAUSE OF THE HOT WINDS. -- GEOLOGY. 24. -- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT. 25. -- ONE OF THE ERRORS OF GOVERNMENT. -- ADVENTURES OF THE "BRAMBLE". 26. -- SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. -- KANGAROO HUNTING. -- EMUS. -- LOST IN THE BUSH. 27. -- THE COMET. -- VITAL STATISTICS. -- METEOROLOGY. 28. -- THE BOTANY OF THE COLONY. 29. -- MISFORTUNES OF THE COLONY. 30. -- RESOURCES OF THE COLONY: -- HORSES FOR INDIA. -- WINE. -- DRIED FRUITS. -- COTTON. -- COAL. -- WOOL. -- CORN. -- WHALE- OIL. -- A WHALE HUNT. -- CURED FISH. -- SHIP TIMBER. 31. -- RISE AND FALL OF A SETTLEMENT. -- THE SEQUEL TO CAPTAIN GREY'S DISCOVERIES. -- A WORD AT PARTING. (PLATES. KANGAROO HUNTING (Frontispiece). THE BIVOUAC. SPEARING KANGAROO. DEATH OF THE KANGAROO. EMU HUNT (woodcut).) THE BUSHMAN; OR, LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY. CHAPTER 1. COLONISTS. The Spirit of Adventure is the most animating impulse in the human breast. Man naturally detests inaction; he thirsts after change and novelty, and the prospect of excitement makes him prefer even danger to continued repose.