The Boy Travellers in Australasia/Illustrations

by Thomas Wallace Knox

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Mount Kosciusko, the Highest Peak in Australia	Frontispiece.
Map of Australasia	Front Cover.
Map of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania	Back Cover.
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Royal School, Honolulu	1
The Physalia	2
The Island of Oahu	3
General View of Honolulu	4
In the Harbor of Honolulu	5
Queen's Hospital, Honolulu	6
Kealakeakua Bay, where Captain Cook was Killed	7
Mrs. Thurston, one of the Missionaries of 1820	8
Kawaiaho Church—First Native Church in Honolulu	9
Bethel Church	10
Native School-house in Honolulu	10
The Court-house in Honolulu	11
Native Gentleman of Honolulu	12
Hawaiian Poi-dealer	13
The Hawaiian Archipelago	14
Hawaiians at a Feast	15
Native Hay Peddler	16
Dress of Hawaiian Women	18
Ancient Idols of Hawaii	19
Grass House, Hawaiian Islands	20
Government Buildings, Honolulu	21
Hawaiian Dancing-girls	22
Map of the Sandwich Isles	23
Lahaina, Island of Maui	25
Women on Horseback, Honolulu	26
A Mountain Valley	27
Hawaiian Temple	28
Mountain Scene in the Sandwich Islands	29
Hilo	31
Surf-bathing at Hilo	32
The Volcano House	33
View of one of the Burning Lakes	35
View on a Lava Field	37
Hawaiian Warriors a Century ago	38
Chain of Extinct Volcanoes, Island of Kauai	39
Map of the Haleakala Crater	41
Kamehameha I., First King of the Sandwich Islands	42
Water-fall on Island of Kauai	43
Implements of Domestic Life	44
Hawaiian Pipe	45
Looking Seaward	48
The Owner of the Yacht	49
"Good-by!"	49
At Home on the "Pera"	50
Below Deck in the Tropics	51
On the Coast of the Marquesas	53
A View in Nookaheeva	55
Gattanewa's Portrait	56
Tattoo Marks on a Chief of the Marquesas	57
The Chief's Daughter	59
A European's Residence in the Marquesas	61
A Marquesan Village	63
Catholic Missionary	64
In a Gale near the Marquesas	65
Commodore Porter's Fleet in Nookaheeva Bay	66
Easter Island House and Children	67
Lava Rock Image, Easter Island	68
Easter Island Man	69
Easter Island Woman	70
Stone Tablet of Character Writing	71
Stone Platform for Images	72
Coast Scenery, Tahiti	74
Specimen of Coral	75
The Coral Worm	76
On the Shore of the Lagoon	77
A Cabin in the Suburbs	78
The Coast in a Storm	79
A French Bishop	81
View in an Orange-grove	82
Native Bamboo House, Tahiti	83
Natives of the Society Islands Fishing	84
A Sea-urchin	85
The Bottom of the Lagoon	86
Sea-anemone and Hermit-crab	87
Hermit-crab and Sea-shell	88
View among the Coral Branches	89
A Fish inside a Sea-slug	90
Coralline	91
Octopus, or Devil-fish	92
Stingaree, or Sea-devil	92
Garden of a Suburban Residence	93
Gathering Oranges for the Feast	95
Tamarind-tree at Point Venus	97
A Grove of Cocoanut-trees	98
Running before the Trade-winds	99
Dr. Coan, Missionary to Hawaii	100
No Respect for Missionaries	101
Trading Station in the Pacific	103
John Wesley, the Founder of Methodism	104
Mission Church and Station	105
Mission Park Monument	106
Mission Ship on her Voyage	107
Landing on an Atoll of the Hervey Group	109
Cocoa Palms in the Hervey Islands	111
Native Houses and Canoe	113
Missionary Station on Aneityum Island	115
Tanna Islander on a Queensland Plantation	116
Group of Islanders on a Feejeean Plantation	117
Firing down the Hatchway	118
The "Rosario" chasing a Man-stealing Schooner	119
A Witness for the Defence	120
Indian Girl House-servant in Feejee	121
Samoan double Canoe	122
Coral Architects in Samoan Waters	123
A Beach comber	124
Growth of Coral on a Mountain slowly Subsiding	125
Ass's Ears, Florida Island	126
A House in the Tonga Islands	127
Native Teacher, Upolu, Samoan Islands	129
Map of the South Sea Islands	131
Crabs eating Cocoanuts	132
A Plantation in the South Sea Islands	133
A Fair Wind	134
Bread-fruit	135
War Canoe of the Olden Time	137
Canoes drawn on Shore	138
Captain James Cook	139
An American Resident	140
Cave near the Picnic Ground	141
Massacre Bay	143
A Village in Vanikoro	144
Hat Island, west of Vanikoro	145
Louis XVI. and La Pérouse	146
A Native of Feejee	147
A Royal Attendant	148
Ancient Feejee Temple	149
A Polynesian Idol	151
A Coast Scene in Kandavu	152
A Planter's Residence	153
A New Arrival	154
Going to Feejee	155
Scene on a Cotton Plantation	156
Sugar-cane Mill	157
Feejeean Head-dress	158
An Accomplished Liar	159
Fork of a Cannibal King	160
Tanoa, former King of Feejee	161
A Cannibal Dance	162
Skull found at the Banquet Ground	162
View in a Valley of the Interior of the Island	163
Avenue of Palms	165
A Part of Levuka	166
Fred's Fly	167
Frank's Mosquito	167
One Variety of Sea-worm	169
Going for Balola	170
Ancient Feejeean War-dance	171
Moonlight on the Waters	172
Mission Church in the Feejee Islands	174
Going to Church.—River Scene	175
Feejeean Head	176
Feejeean Weapons	176
Telling the Story	177
Formation of Clouds before a Feejeean Hurricane	178
After the Storm	179
Coast Scene in a Calm	179
Lost in the Hurricane	180
Mota, or Sugar-loaf Island	181
Two-tree Island	181
A Young Student	182
Stone Monument, Tongataboo	183
A Volcano in the Pacific	184
An Island Cavern	185
Islands on the Coast	186
Auckland in 1840	187
View of Auckland from Mount Eden	189
Mission Station at Tangiteroria, New Zealand	190
Early Days in New Zealand	191
In a State of Decadence	193
A Kainga Maori (Native) Village	195
Carved New Zealand Chest	196
Maori War Clubs	197
Lake in the Crater of an Extinct Volcano	198
Sawing a Kauri Pine	199
Stock-farm in the Suburbs	200
A Water-oak	201
A Pakeha Maori	202
A Pakeha Maori's Home	203
View of a Part of Auckland and its Harbor	204
Maori Tattooing	205
Inland Scenery	206
Captain Cook's Gift to the Maoris	207
Skeleton of the Extinct Moa (Dinornis)	209
Dressing Flax	210
Family of Deer on Kawau Island	212
Prospecting for Gold	213
Stamp-mill at Grahamstown	214
"Struck a Pocket"	215
Gold-mining on the Sea-shore	217
A Miner's Camp in the Mountains	218
Visiting a Mine	219
Inland Scenery	221
Among the Hot Springs	223
The Baths at Rotomahana	224
Hotel Life at the Hot Lakes	225
A Mud Crater	227
The White Terraces, seen from above	229
The Pink Terraces, seen from below	231
Lake Tarawera, in the Hot Lake District	233
The Tabu Removed	234
Maori Village of Wairoa, in the Hot Lake District	235
A Maori Prophet in the King Country	236
British Soldiers attacking a Maori Pah	237
Outworks of a Maori Pah	239
In the Harbor	240
In Napier for his Health	241
Scene on a Sheep Farm.—Off to the Pasture	243
Farm Scenes in the Open Country	244
On the Coast near Wellington	246
Just down from the Interior	247
Mountain and Lake in New Zealand	249
Just arrived from England	250
A Promenader	251
An Afternoon Call	252
Sewing-class in an Industrial School	253
Residence of the Governor, Wellington	255
Down the Slope	257
Logging in "the Bush"	258
Settlers' Cabins in the Open Country	259
Mount Egmout and Ranges	261
Home Scene at Christchurch	263
Harvest-time in Canterbury	264
Maid-servant off Duty	266
Gardening in the Park	267
Under the Shears	268
A Sheep-shearing Shed in New Zealand	269
A Flock of Sheep among the Hills	271
Sheep and Herder killed in a Snow-storm	273
Reducing the Rabbit Population	274
Parrots	277
A New Zealand Pest	277
A Steam Threshing-machine	278
English Sparrows at Home	280
Class in the Industrial School	282
A Perilous Night-watch	283
The Summit of Mount Cook	285
Attempt to climb the Eastern Spur	286
River issuing from a Glacier	287
Hydraulic Mining	288
A Squatter's Home	289
A Mountain Water fall	290
Shotover Gorge Bridge	291
On the Shore of the Lake	292
Bound for Sydney	293
Entrance to Port Jackson	294
General View of Sydney Harbor	295
Statue of Captain Cook, Sydney	297
George III	298
Avenue in the Botanical Gardens	299
Candidates for Transportation	301
Sydney and its Harbor	303
The Town-hall, Sydney	305
Sentenced to Hard Labor	307
View of Sydney from Pyrmont, Darling Harbor	309
Home of an Emancipist	310
A Ticket-of-leave Man	311
Just arrived in Port	312
Ship-yard Scene	313
On the Paramatta River	314
Irrigating an Orange-grove	315
Interior of a Coal-breaker	317
Gold-fields of Mount Alexander, Australia	319
Clearing in an Australian Forest	321
A Waterless Region	322
Australian Lyre-birds	323
A Member of the Legislature	325
Infant Class in an Industrial School	327
Completing the Railway	329
A Fallen Giant	330
Silver-stem Eucalypti	332
From Tenterfield to Stanthorpe	333
A Balcony	335
Palm-trees in the Botanical Gardens	336
"No more Tricks at the Wheel"	337
A Relic of Old Colonial Times	338
Among the Foot-hills	340
Picking Figs	341
A Clearing in the Scrub	342
Suburban Residence on the River's Bank	343
Gathering the Grapes	344
Cellars for Storing Wine	346
Chinese Laborers in a Vineyard	347
Aboriginal Australian	348
West Coast Australians	349
Civilized Aborigines	351
Aboriginal Method of making Fire	352
Australian Warriors watching a Boat	353
Battle between Hostile Tribes of Australians	354
Aboriginal Australians and their Huts	355
Aboriginal Children playing in the Water	357
The Haunt of the Bun-yip	358
The Team	359
Pets at the Station	360
The Tiger Snake	361
Camping-out on a Cattle-run	363
The Poisonous Spider (magnified)	364
The Prosperous Squatter	365
"I'm waiting for You"	366
Performance of a Bucker	366
The Milking yard	367
Coming in from Pasture	368
An Australian Stock-rider	369
An Unsteady Seat	370
A New Chum's First Ride	371
A Stampede	372
A Free Selector at Home	373
Arrival of the Weekly Mail	374
"Cutting Out"	375
Mustering Cattle	377
Branding a Calf	378
Died alone in "the Bush"	379
The Emu	380
The Pride of the Station	382
The Squatter's Pet	383
Cattle going to Water	384
A Home in the Bush	385
Herd of Mixed Cattle on a Station	387
A Shepherd's Dog	388
Ewes and Lambs	389
Mother of a Family	390
Sheep-shearing in Australia	391
Sheds and Chicken-yard of a Station	393
Sheep-washing on the Modern Plan	395
The Rush for the Gold-mines	397
Bush-ranger out of Luck	398
Bush-rangers at Work	399
Leading Citizens of Somerset	401
Pearl Oyster	402
Australian Pearls (full size)	402
Big Ben and his Friends	404
Waiting for Sunset	405
Evening Scene at an Up-country Station	406
An Australian Pest	407
The Sand-flea (natural size and magnified)	408
The Australian Bower-bird	409
Wallace's Standard-wing Birds-of-paradise, male and female	411
Head of the Valley Quail	412
A Quail Family	413
Out Prospecting	414
Quartz-mill in the Gold-mines	415
Australian Gold-hunters	416
A Gold-miner's Home	417
A Chinese Discussion	418
Wrecked on the Reef	420
The Manatee, or Dugong	421
Evening at Home on the North Coast	422
Dingoes, or Australian Wild Dogs	423
Australian Wild Horses	424
A Kangaroo Battue, or Drive	425
Red Kangaroo	426
Short-eared Kangaroo	426
Kangaroos in Captivity	428
A Corroboree	431
Something for Breakfast	432
Near the Camp	433
An Australian Courtship	434
The Night Alarm	435
Reception of a Brickfielder	437
A Brickfielder putting in its Work	438
Building a Railway on the Plains	439
Zigzag Railway in the Blue Mountains	441
The Blue Mountains	442
On the Head-waters of the Murray River	443
Gallery of a Theatre during a Performance	445
Scene in the Riverina	447
Steamboat on the Murray River	449
Fish-hatching Boxes on a small Stream	450
Immigrant's Camp in the Foot-hills of the Range	451
The Founding of Melbourne, August, 1835	453
Public Library, Melbourne	454
Melbourne Post-office	455
Government House, Melbourne	456
Collins Street in 1870	457
Public Offices and Treasury Gardens	458
Town-hall, Melbourne	459
View from South Melbourne, 1868	460
Part of Melbourne in 1838	461
A Suburban Residence	463
Harbor Scene in the Moonlight	465
Boarding-house of 1851	466
A Good Location for Business	467
Loading a Ship from a Lighter	468
The Artillery Rocks, near Lorne, on the Coast of Victoria	471
Waiting to see the Editor	472
Distributing Papers to Newsboys	473
The Race for the Melbourne Cup	475
Head of a Winner	476
A Cricket-match	477
Summer Retreat in the Mountains	479
Caught in a "Burster" on the Australian Coast	481
Seeking Shelter	482
Pioneer Gold-hunters	483
Map of the Gold-fields of Victoria Twenty Years ago	484
Edward Hargreaves, the Gold Discoverer	485
The Rush to Ballarat	486
Lake Scenery	487
A Gippsland Settler	489
The Peach Harvest	491
A Cottage in the Suburbs of Launceston	492
An Old Settler	493
At Bay in the Bush	494
A Camp in the Bush	495
Entrance to Cave	497
Near Deloraine	498
Australia at the Feet of Tasmania	500
Old Convict Church, Port Arthur, Tasmania	501
One of the Watch-dogs	502
"Land, ho!"	502
On the Pier	503
Post-office and Town-hall, Adelaide	505
Adelaide in 1837	507
Reaping Brigade at Work	509
Proclamation Tree at Glenelg, near Adelaide	510
Victoria Regia House, Botanic Garden, Adelaide	511
Exploring Expedition on the March	513
Camp Scene on the Desert Plains of South Australia	515
Government House and Grounds, Adelaide	517
Ready for the Start	519
Explorers in Camp	520
Monument to Burke and Wills, Melbourne	521
Colonel Warburton strapped to his Camel	523
Desert Scenery	525
The Way of Civilization	526
A Boomerang	526
A War-dance of Australian Blacks	527
Americans who use the Boomerang	529
Platypus, or Duck-billed Mole	530
Home of the Duck-bill	531
One of the Miners	532
View of Perth, Capital of Western Australia	533
Forest Scene in the South-west	535
A Kid-gloved Colonist	536
In the Pasture Lands	537
Rocks at the Cape	538