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—Prisoner Steward.—Spaniel and Blackfish.—Aborigines.—Kelp.—Lichen.—Birds.47
Report to the Lieutenant Governor.—Thanksgiving.—Death of a Pensioner.—War.—Clarence Plains.—Hospitality.—Government Schools.—Chain-gang.—Scorpion.—Centipedes.—Muddy Plains.—Settlers.—South Arm.—Liberty.—Kangaroo.—Box and Cow Fishes.—Illicit Spirit Dealer.—Princess Royal Stranded.—Snow Storm.—Richmond.—Trees.—Imported Fruit-trees.—New Houses.—Bush-rangers.—Security.—Meeting.—Coal River.—Settlers.—Oven Hills.—Orielton.—Wages paid at Public Houses.—Sorell Town.—Windmill.—Rich Land.—Temperance Meeting.—Lower Settlement.—Sober Anglo-Tasmanians.—View.—Spring.—Birds, &c.—Anniversary of Departure from England60
Attendance of Meetings.—Religious Communications.—Embarkation for Flinders Island.—Cape Roaul.—Port Arthur.—Perilous Situation.—Cape Pillar.—Birds.—Maria Island.—Spring Bay.—Prisoner Seaman.—Octopodia.—Freycinets Peninsula.—Trees, &c.—Black Swans.—Schouten Passage.—Mutton Birds.—Swan Island.—Banks's Strait.—Superstition of Sailors.—Wreck.—Preservation Island.—Sealers and Native Women.—Black Snakes.—Green Island70
Discovery of Van Diemens Land.—Its Position and Character.—Aborigines.—Erroneous Ideas of.—Attack upon.—Provocations.—Hostilities of.—Attempt to Capture.—G. A. Robinson's Mission.—Settlement in Bass's Straits.—Flinders Island.—Productions.—Manners of the Natives.—Dances.—Civilization.—Sealer and Child.—Breakwinds.—Song.—Clothing.—Capacity.—Ornaments.—Sickness.—Birds, &c.—Excursion.—Cookery.—Dogs.—Mangroves.—Kangaroo Rat.—Bandicoot.—Rain.—Commandant's Hut.—"Boatswain," a Native Woman.—Sealers.—Tasmanian Porcupine.—Wallowing in Ashes.—Gratitude.—Weapons.—Green Island.—Mutton Birds.—Music.—Tide-ripple.—Arrival at George Town78
George Town.—The Tamar River.—Launceston.—Meeting.—Aborigines.—Plants.—Leeches.—Kangaroos.—Middle Arm.—Tide Ripple.—North Coast.—Blacks charged with Murder.—Mode of Transferring Fire.—Black Women Rescued.—Circular Head.— Van Diemens Land Company's Establishment.—Islands.—Woolnorth.—Rocks.—Cape Grim.—Bird Islands.—Kelp.—Mutton Fish.—Native Doctor.—Seeking a Needle.—Decoration.—Remembrance of Absent Friends.—Habitations.—Tribes.—Burning the Dead95
Circular Head.—Anchorage.—Highfield Plain.—Work People.—Indentured Servants.—Flagellation.—Eagles.—Sponges.—Shells—Crabs.—Weather.—Ants.—Journey.—Rivers.—Grass-trees.—Blandfordia.—Banksia serratifolia.—Human Bones.—Scrub and Fern.—Fossil Shells.—Table Cape.—Trees, &c.—Emu Bay.—Magnificent Forest.—Gigantic Trees.—Tree Ferns.—Plains.—Aborigines.—Road.—Arrival at the Hampshire Hills107
