The Kangaroo Hunters; Or, Adventures in the Bush
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CHAPTER XXI. 281-292
The Approach to the Prison.--Baldabella's Stratagem.--The Release of the Captive.--Wilkins's Tale of Trials.--A Well.--The Potato Crop.--The Flying Opossum.--The Salt Plant.--Preparations for a Siege
CHAPTER XXII. 293-305
Peter's last Stratagem.--Firing the Fortress.--The Watch-tower.--The Welcome Rain.--The Close Siege.--The Conflict.--The Defeat of Peter.--The Fortress Abandoned.--Once more on the Road.--Resting in the Wilds
CHAPTER XXIII. 306-317
A Bark Sledge.--The Friendly Tribe.--The Wild Melon.--A Nocturnal Alarm.--The Wombats.--The Bivouac on the Heath.--The Savages again.--Away to the South
CHAPTER XXIV. 318-330
The Dry Wilderness.--Despair.--The Coming-down of the Waters.--The Discomfited Savages.--Hunger and Thirst.--The Footsteps in the Mud.--A Pond.--The Talegalla and its Nest.--The Valley of Promise.--The River to the South
CHAPTER XXV. 331-343
Boat-building again.--Unlucky Ruth.--The Woods on Fire.--Dangers on Land and Water.--The Wounded Girl.--A Home among the Mountains.--The Bottle-tree.--The Bee-hunt.--Bean-coffee.--The Lost Hunters
CHAPTER XXVI. 344-355
The Search for the Lost.--The Fig-tree.--Signals.--The Wanderers Found.--The Wounded Boy.--The Sufferings of the Thirsty.--The Rescue and Return.--The Kangaroo Conflict.--A Strange Meeting.--The Bush-rangers.--The Miraculous Escape
CHAPTER XXVII. 356-369
The Eagle's Eyrie.--The Chaotic Solitude disturbed.--The Voluntary Prisoners.--The Report of the Spy.--The Foe at the Gates.--A Traitor in the Camp.--Dispersion of the Invaders.--A lucky Escape.--A pleasant Voyage
CHAPTER XXVIII. 370-383
The Cookery disturbed.--A Signal-rocket.--A Surprise and Capture.--Pillage.--The Taste of Gunpowder.--A Fatal Explosion.--The Contrivances of Necessity.--A Region of Famine.--Renewed Hopes.--An Unfair Advantage
CHAPTER XXIX. 384-396
A Seasonable Supply.--Visitors in the Night.--Captivity.--An Old Acquaintance.--The Ranger's Settlement.--An Embassy to Daisy Grange.--Jack in a New Office.--The Grateful Native Woman.--Davy's Compunction.--Bush-ranging Life
CHAPTER XXX. 397-409
A Proposal of Marriage.--Bill's Rejection and Revenge.--Pocket-picking.--Jack's Return.--Black Peter again.--Bush-ranging Merriment.--A Flight in the Dark.--An Emu-chase.--The disappointed Hunters.--Pursuit.--A Stratagem
CHAPTER XXXI. 410-422
The Sentinels in the Trees.--The End of Bill the Convict.--The Bush-rangers deceived.--A strange New Animal.--A Bloody Conflict.--The Mountain-pass.--The Fruit of the Acacia.--The Travellers in Custody.--The Court of Justice
CHAPTER XXXII. 423-435
Travellers' Wonders.--The Detective Force.--A Trap for the Rangers.--The Skirmish and the Victory.--Daisies in Australia.--The Constancy of Susan Raine.--The Trial and Sentence of the Natives.--Peter and his Colleagues
CHAPTER XXXIII. 436-453
A Chase over the Mountains.--The Frightful End of the Bush-ranger.--Ruth's Opinion.--The Cereopsis.--A Description of the Colony.--The Dingo.--The Cattle at Home.--The Park.--The Arrival at Daisy Grange
CHAPTER XXXIV. 454-463
The Comforts of Civilization.--Susan Raine.--The Hamlet and the Church.--Plans for the Future.--Mrs. Edward Deverell.--The Beauties of Daisy Grange
THE KANGAROO HUNTERS.