Chapter I: Front Matter

ACCOUNT
OF
AN EXPEDITION
TO THE INTERIOR OF
NEW HOLLAND.

EDITED BY
LADY MARY FOX.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
=Publisher in Ordinary to His Majesty.=
1837.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Wonderful Discovery.—The Adventurers.—Marshy Lake.—The
Canoe.—Troublesome Navigation.—Chain of Lakes.—Party of
Natives.—Reception of the Travellers.—Singular People.—Early
Emigrants.—The Settlement.—Exploring Party.—Encounter with
Natives.—Native Allies.—Attack of Savages.—Defeat of the
Assailants.—Savage Life.—Treaty of Peace.—Education of
Savages.—Election of Senators. Page 1

CHAPTER II.

Increase of the Settlement.—Separation of the
States.—Ecclesiastical Communities.—Concord among
Sects.—Houses and Towns.—Penal Colonies.—Southlanders’
Hospitality.—Mode of receiving Company.—Feasts.—Animal
Food.—Tame Animals.—Surprise at English Customs.—Carnivorous
Propensity.—Lighting the Streets.—City of Bath. 25

CHAPTER III.

Duels.—Judicial Combats.—Existing Code of Honour.—Appeal to
Arms.—Discussion on Duelling.—Mount Peril.—Noxious
Vapours.—The Cavern. 41

CHAPTER IV.

Superstitious Notions.—Abolition of Duelling.—Interference of
Providence.—Challenge to the Ordeal.—The Trial.—Conviction of
the Offender.—Uncertainty of the Ordeal.—Ineffectual
Prohibition.—Check against Slander.—Exclusion from
Society.—Absurd Alternative.—Personal Courage.—Imputation of
Cowardice.—Public Opinion.—War between
Nations.—Challenges.—Fear of Disgrace. 53

CHAPTER V.

Female Honour.—Agreement among Women.—Penalty of Exclusion.—Law
of Honour.—False Dignity.—New Penalty.—Compact against
Duelling.—Ruffians and Calumniators.—Association against
Duelling.—Court of Honour.—Abolition of Duelling. 70

CHAPTER VI.

Rough Notes.—Public Entertainments.—Dancing.—Grotesque
Dance.—Throwing the Spear.—Female
Dress.—Decorations.—Ear-rings.—Wedding-rings.—Anomalous
Costume. 83

CHAPTER VII.

Forms of Government.—Senatorial Regulations.—Speakers.—Peculiar
Debate.—Fundamental Laws.—Unwise Legislators.—Timely
Improvements.—Legislative Problem.—Legislative
Expedient.—Error in Government.—Division of Laws.—Repeal of
Fundamental Laws.—Guard against Precipitancy.—Laws of
Treason.—Mature Deliberation.—National Will. 95

CHAPTER VIII.

Mode of Election of Senators—of Representatives.—Personal Votes
and Property-Votes.—Voting by Ballot.—Eligibility of
Candidates.—Aboriginal Blood.—Mixed Blood.—Government
Rent.—Public Expenditure.—Unwise Economy.—Choice of
Statesmen.—Explanations. 112

CHAPTER IX.

Prediction Office.—Prophecies.—Useful Register.—Political
Bustlers.—Disposal of Land.—Rents.—Laws of Tenancy.—Government
Loans. 130

CHAPTER X.

An Arrest.—Criminal Jurisprudence.—Jurymen.—Qualification of
Jurors.—Syndics.—Royal Privilege.—Proceedings in
Court.—Witnesses.—The Verdict.—Unanimity in Juries.—Decision
of the Judge.—Prevarication.—Oaths.—False
Witnesses.—Inconsistency in requiring Oaths.—Public
Opinion.—Marriage.—Succession to the Crown. 140

CHAPTER XI.

Punishment awarded to Criminals.—Capital Punishments.—Plea of
Insanity.—Penitentiaries.—Houses of Correction.—Improvement in
Laws.—Periodical Publications.—Editors of Newspapers.—State of
Literature. 164

CHAPTER XII.

Schools.—Reform of the Calendar.—Art of Teaching.—General
Education.—Religion and Politics.—Inconsistency of the
Jesuits.—Unbelievers.—Direction of Electors.—Political
Churches.—Violation of the Laws.—Infidelity.—Obedience to
Law.—Enforced Religion.—Persecution.—Hypothetical
Case.—Treatment of Insanity.—Professed Inspiration.—Impostors
and Lunatics.—Changes in Europe.—Founders of the Colony. 176

CHAPTER XIII.

Preachers.—Divine Service.—Divisions of the Bible.—Funeral
Service.—Burial in Cities.—Absurd
Interments.—Monuments.—Private Mausoleums.—Harmless
Absurdities.—Church Endowments.—State of the Clergy.—Religious
Communities.—Admission Fees to Institutions.—Ecclesiastical
Societies. 213

CHAPTER XIV.

Letter of Paul Wilkins. 229

ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION

TO THE

INTERIOR OF NEW HOLLAND.